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Berthe Morisot
Portrait of Julie Manet

A work made of transfer drawing in charcoal and red chalk, on light tan tracing paper, laid down on white wove paper, wrapped around millboard.

Portrait of Julie Manet

Berthe Morisot · 1890

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Palette

Biscuit
48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.3:1

Sand
21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1

Khaki
17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

Tan
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

Lamp black
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.7:1

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: Berthe Morisot
French, 1841–1895
Date: 1890
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Transfer drawing in charcoal and red chalk, on light tan tracing paper, laid down on white wove paper, wrapped around millboard
Size: 53.8 × 43 cm (21 3/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial 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