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Self portrait by Otto Mueller

Self portrait

Otto Mueller · 1918–1919

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Palette

Cinnamon
 27% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Coral
 26% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1
Chestnut
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Terracotta
 15% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1
Walnut
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Otto Mueller
1874–1930
Date
1918–1919
Type
Painting
Medium
Distemper on hessian
Size
71 × 54.7 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 45, colourfulness 37

Bavarian State Painting Collections. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1918–1919, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1930: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2001 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1930 | DEFAULTSORT:Mueller, Otto; self-port). 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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