Mr. Forbes

George Romney · c. 1780/1790

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Coffee
45% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.0:1

Raw umber
25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.4:1

Saffron
12% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.1:1

Ochre
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Persimmon
7% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.5:1

Rust
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

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: George Romney
1734–1802
Date: c. 1780/1790
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 76.4 x 63.5 cm (30 1/16 x 25 in.)
Place: British
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 33

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Pauline Sabin Davis. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1802: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1873. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Mr. Forbes

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