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A work made of pastel with estompe on cream laid paper.

Dancer Stretching at the Bar

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1877/80

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Palette

Biscuit
 47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Khaki
 33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Green earth
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Dark ochre
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Stone
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.4:1
Sepia
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1

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
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Date
1877/80
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel with estompe on cream laid paper
Size
31.8 × 24 cm (12 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 25

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

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