Mezzetin

Jean-Antoine Watteau · ca. 1718–20

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Palette

Bistre
46% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.4:1

Olive brown
37% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.0:1

Stone
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Cinnamon
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Walnut
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.1:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne
Date: ca. 1718–20
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 21 3/4 x 17 in. (55.2 x 43.2 cm)
Period: 18th century
Themes: Music and dance
Main colour: Green · lightness 29, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Munsey Fund, 1934. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules