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Self-Portrait With a Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait With a Bandaged Ear

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

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Palette

Iron
 40% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1
Tangerine
 29% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.2:1
Poppy
 13% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.4:1
Honey
 10% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.9:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Parchment
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 12.2:1

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
Vincent van Gogh
1853–1890
Date
1889
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Orange · lightness 48, colourfulness 38

Wikimedia Commons. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1889, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1890: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1961 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1890). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules

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