A work made of black chalk on blue-gray laid paper, discolored to tan, laid down on cream wove paper.

Group of Women

Jean-François Millet · n.d.

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Palette

Taupe
78% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Warm grey
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Putty
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1

Sepia
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Bistre
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.4:1

Linen
2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.6:1

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-François Millet
French, 1814-1875
Date: n.d.
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black chalk on blue-gray laid paper, discolored to tan, laid down on cream wove paper
Size: 9.9 × 13.5 cm (3 15/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Bergen. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Group of Women

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