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Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)

A work made of black conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board.

Trees (study for La Grande Jatte)

Georges Seurat · 1884

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Palette

Pale stone
59% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.0:1

Putty
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.7:1

Mushroom
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1

Stone
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Warm grey
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

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: Georges Seurat
French, 1859-1891
Date: 1884
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black Conté crayon, on white laid paper, laid down on cream board
Size: 62 × 47.5 cm (24 7/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Trees and forests
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Regenstein 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