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A work made of drypoint and open bite in black on cream wove paper.

Consolation

Edvard Munch · 1894

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Palette

Chalk
 61% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.5:1
Oyster
 15% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Graphite
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1
Silver
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Pewter
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Edvard Munch
Norwegian, 1863-1944
Date
1894
Type
Print
Medium
Drypoint and open bite in black on cream wove paper
Size
Image: 20.6 × 31.1 cm (8 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.); Plate: 21.7 × 32.3 cm (8 9/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Sheet: 33.6 × 45.7 cm (13 1/4 × 18 in.)
Place
Norway
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 81, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham 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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