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Road in Provence

A work made of watercolor and graphite on tan wove paper.

Road in Provence

Paul Cézanne · c. 1885

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Palette

Peach
79% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.0:1

Putty
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1

Ash
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1

Fawn
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.9:1

Lichen
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1

Warm grey
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

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 Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
Date: c. 1885
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on tan wove paper
Size: 50.2 × 50.4 cm (19 13/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 77, colourfulness 18

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