A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.

Milk Jug and Spirit Stove

Paul Cézanne · 1879–82

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Palette

Linen
65% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.2:1

Pale stone
17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1

Putty
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1

Oyster
6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.6:1

Mushroom
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1

Stone
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

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: Paul Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
Date: 1879–82
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper
Size: 19.4 × 11.8 cm (7 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 81, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial 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

Milk Jug and Spirit Stove

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