A work made of brush and black gouache, with touches of white and brown oil paint, over graphite, on pink wove paper, laid down on cream board.

Gentleman Rider

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1866/70

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Palette

Sand
81% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Khaki
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Green earth
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Olive brown
2% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.8:1

Spruce
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.9:1

Putty
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1

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: 1866/70
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Brush and black gouache, with touches of white and brown oil paint, over graphite, on pink wove paper, laid down on cream board
Size: 44 × 28 cm (17 3/8 × 11 1/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Horses
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Josephine P. Albright. 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