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A work made of black conté crayon on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, edge mounted on tan wove paper.

Roses in a Vase

Georges Seurat · 1881/83

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Palette

Biscuit
 45% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1
Charcoal
 30% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Sepia
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Fawn
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Bone white
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.7:1

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
Georges Seurat
French, 1859-1891
Date
1881/83
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, edge mounted on tan wove paper
Size
31.1 × 24 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 14

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

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