Orange, yellow, and white flowers in a brown vase on a round table, with a blue-green floral tablecloth and mottled, brownish background. Each perceived main color is made up of strokes of bright, vibrant colors—reds, blues, pinks, and purples—lending dimension to the scene.

Chrysanthemums

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1881–82

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Palette

Pale blue-grey
36% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1

Smoke
29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

Walnut
13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.2:1

Cinnamon
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1

Green earth
8% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.8:1

Honey
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1

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: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Date: 1881–82
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 54.8 × 65.8 cm (21 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.); Framed: 75.3 × 86.4 × 10.8 cm (29 5/8 × 34 × 4 1/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · 19th century
Themes: Flowers · Still life
Main colour: Grey · lightness 52, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson 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