Pawnee Indians Approaching Buffalo

George Catlin · 1861/1869

View at the National Gallery of Art ↗

Palette

Copper
33% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.5:1

Sand
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1

Straw
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1

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

Mustard
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Chestnut
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1

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: George Catlin
1796–1872
Date: 1861/1869
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard
Size: overall: 47.3 x 62.8 cm (18 5/8 x 24 3/4 in.)
Place: American
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 41

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Paul Mellon 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 1872: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1943. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Pawnee Indians Approaching Buffalo

Palette

Details

Works that share this palette