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

Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)

Claude Monet · c. 1858

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Palette

Putty
66% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1

Pale stone
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1

Taupe
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Sepia
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1

Soot
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.2:1

Graphite
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.8:1

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: c. 1858
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper
Size: 61.6 × 43.6 cm (24 5/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 15

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 Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)

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