The Petitioner

Jean-Louis Forain · c. 1910

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Palette

Midnight
42% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.4:1

Fawn
29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Smoke
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Walnut
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1

Chestnut
5% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.5:1

Viridian
3% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.5:1

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: Jean-Louis Forain
1852–1931
Date: c. 1910
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 61.5 x 50.5 cm (24 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Place: French
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 29, colourfulness 17

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1931: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2002. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Petitioner

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