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Bashi-Bazouk by Jean-Léon Gérôme

Bashi-Bazouk

Jean-Léon Gérôme · 1868–69

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Palette

Bistre
 66% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.4:1
Chestnut
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1
Salmon
 8% of the image
Pink · text contrast 8.1:1
Sepia
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.5:1
Bronze
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1

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-Léon Gérôme
French, Vesoul 1824–1904 Paris
Date
1868–69
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
31 3/4 x 26 in. (80.6 x 66 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 28, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008. 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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