On a Balcony

Mary Cassatt · 1878–79

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Palette

Ash
33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

Taupe
32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1

Iron
17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1

Pewter
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Fawn
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Umber
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

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: Mary Cassatt
Date: 1878–79
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 85.2 × 65.5 cm (33 9/16 × 25 13/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · Early Modernism · 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Grey · lightness 49, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of her aunt, Delia Spencer Field. 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