A Dutch Courtyard

Pieter de Hooch · 1658/1660

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Umber
36% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1

Sky
27% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.9:1

Tan
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Dark chocolate
11% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.0:1

Putty
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1

Rust
3% of the image
Red · 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: Pieter de Hooch
1629–1684
Date: 1658/1660
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 69.5 x 60 cm (27 3/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
Place: Dutch
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 45, colourfulness 23

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. 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 1684: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1755. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

A Dutch Courtyard

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