A work made of black conté crayon on off-white laid paper.

Landscape

Georges Seurat · c. 1881

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Palette

Soot
46% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1

Pale stone
18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.2:1

Iron
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1

Warm grey
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Chalk
8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1

Pearl grey
1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1

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: Georges Seurat
French, 1859–1891
Date: c. 1881
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black Conté crayon on off-white laid paper
Size: 24.9 × 31.6 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Landscapes
Main colour: Black · lightness 41, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray. 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