Color print of a light-skinned woman sitting in front of a mirror in a red- and white-striped plushy chair, pulling her brown hair into a bun. Her breasts and torso are visible in the reflected image, while a white cloth covers her legs.

The Coiffure

Mary Cassatt · 1890–91

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Palette

Linen
30% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.8:1

Fawn
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

Peach
21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1

Shell pink
15% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.1:1

Salmon
5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.2:1

Dusty rose
4% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.9:1

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: Mary Cassatt
printed with Leroy (French, active 1876-1900)
Date: 1890–91
Type: Print
Medium: Color aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Size: Image/plate: 36.5 × 26.7 cm (14 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 33 cm (17 1/16 × 13 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. 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

The Coiffure

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