The Favorite of the Emir

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant · c. 1879

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Palette

Bronze
38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

Silver
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

Chestnut
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

Soot
15% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1

Rust
5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1

Cerulean
2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.6:1

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

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Artist: Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
1845–1902
Date: c. 1879
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 142.2 x 221 cm (56 x 87 in.)
Place: French
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 47, colourfulness 17

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Courtesy of the United States Naval Academy Museum. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1902: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1973. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

The Favorite of the Emir

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