A work made of black and white chalks on blue laid paper.

Caricature of Léon Manchon

Claude Monet · 1858

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Palette

Pale stone
70% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.4:1

Taupe
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

Walnut
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1

Warm grey
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

Chalk
5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1

Dark chocolate
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.9:1

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: Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926
Date: 1858
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper
Size: 61.2 × 45.2 cm (24 1/8 × 17 13/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 68, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison 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

Caricature of Léon Manchon

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