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A work made of watercolor, with touches of gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove paper.

On the Balcony

Berthe Morisot · 1871/72

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Palette

Oyster
 49% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Putty
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1
Charcoal
 14% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.7:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Khaki
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

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
Berthe Morisot
French, 1841-1895
Date
1871/72
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Size
20.6 × 17.3 cm (8 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 66, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher in memory of Charles Netcher II. 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

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