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A work made of red chalk, with traces of graphite, on cream laid paper.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir · c. 1885

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Palette

Oyster
 61% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.3:1
Pale stone
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.2:1
Pearl grey
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1
Parchment
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1
Linen
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1
Biscuit
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1

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
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French, 1841-1919
Date
c. 1885
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Red chalk, with traces of graphite, on cream laid paper
Size
42.7 × 31.4 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 83, colourfulness 11

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

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