Bélizaire and the Frey Children

Jacques Amans · ca. 1837

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Bistre
65% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.8:1

Taupe
21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Silver
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

Tan
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Dusty rose
3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

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

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Artist: Jacques Amans
Franco-American, Maastricht (then under French rule) 1801–1888 Paris
Date: ca. 1837
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 47 1/4 × 36 1/4 in. (120 × 92.1 cm)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 30, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Muriel J. Kogan Bequest, and funds from various donors, 2023. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Bélizaire and the Frey Children

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