A work made of black conte crayon on cream laid paper.

The Zone (Outside the City Walls)

Georges Seurat · 1882–83

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Palette

Charcoal
30% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.6:1

Fawn
24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Iron
23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1

Taupe
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Pale stone
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

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

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Artist: Georges Seurat
French, 1859-1891
Date: 1882–83
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black conte crayon on cream laid paper
Size: 24 × 31.4 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Cities and streets
Main colour: Brown · lightness 40, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund. 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

The Zone (Outside the City Walls)

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