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Young Ladies of the Village

Young Ladies of the Village

Gustave Courbet · 1851–52

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Palette

Umber
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.1:1

Dark ochre
27% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

Pewter
23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Bistre
10% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1

Lamp black
9% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.2:1

Honey
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

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: Gustave Courbet
French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz
Date: 1851–52
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76 3/4 x 102 3/4 in. (194.9 x 261 cm)
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Dogs
Main colour: Brown · lightness 34, colourfulness 24

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Harry Payne Bingham, 1940. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules