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A work made of pastel on blue-gray wove paper (faded to tan), mounted on board.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt · c. 1900

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Palette

Warm grey
 46% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Silver
 30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1
Tan
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Iron
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Dark ochre
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

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
American, 1844-1926
Date
c. 1900
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel on blue-gray wove paper (faded to tan), mounted on board
Size
71 × 58.5 cm (28 × 23 1/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Mothers and children
Main colour
Grey · lightness 61, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Dr. John J. Ireland. 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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