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A work made of black fabricated chalk with pastel on ivory laid paper.

Seated Breton Woman

Paul Gauguin · 1886

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Palette

Linen
 62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.5:1
Putty
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Chalk
 12% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.7:1
Mushroom
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Bone white
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.1:1

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
Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date
1886
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black fabricated chalk with pastel on ivory laid paper
Size
32.9 × 48.3 cm (13 × 19 1/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 82, colourfulness 12

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

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