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A work made of charcoal and pastel with stumping, and touches of brush and black wash, on grayish-tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on gray wove paper.

Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1879/80

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Palette

Sand
 74% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Khaki
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Pale stone
 9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.0:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Sepia
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1

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

Details

Artist
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Date
1879/80
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal and pastel with stumping, and touches of brush and black wash, on grayish-tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on gray wove paper
Size
48 × 61.6 cm (18 15/16 × 24 5/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Adele R. Levy. 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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