Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders

James McNeill Whistler · 1896–97

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Coffee
32% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.1:1

Umber
21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1

Raw umber
20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Sepia
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

Walnut
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1

Graphite
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1

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: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896–97
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 15.5 × 9.5 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Place: United States
Period: Early Modernism · 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 29, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Walter S. Brewster 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

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders

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