A work made of color aquatint and drypoint, with softground, on ivory laid paper.

The Lamp

Mary Cassatt · 1890–91

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Palette

Linen
45% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1

Peach
35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

Taupe
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

Tan
7% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.5:1

Fawn
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

Smoke
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

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: Mary Cassatt
printed with Leroy (French, active 1876-1900)
Date: 1890–91
Type: Print
Medium: Color aquatint and drypoint, with softground, on ivory laid paper
Size: Image/plate: 32.3 × 25.2 cm (12 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 × 30.1 cm (17 3/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 77, colourfulness 14

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 Lamp

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