A work made of graphite with stumping on tan wove paper.

Studies of a Horse

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1868/75

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Palette

Linen
64% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1

Oyster
16% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.6:1

Pale stone
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

Chalk
2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.0:1

Putty
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1

Bone white
2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1

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: 1868/75
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Graphite with stumping on tan wove paper
Size: 30.5 × 24.6 cm (12 1/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Horses
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 85, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. 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