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The Repast of the Lion by Henri Rousseau

The Repast of the Lion

Henri Rousseau · ca. 1907

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Palette

Charcoal
 41% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.8:1
Spruce
 34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Blue-grey
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Pewter
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Bronze
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Sepia
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1

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
Henri Rousseau
French, Laval 1844–1910 Paris
Date
ca. 1907
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
44 3/4 in. × 63 in. (113.7 × 160 cm)
Period
20th century
Themes
Trees and forests
Main colour
Grey · lightness 32, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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