A work made of charcoal, heightened with white chalk, with stumping, on pinkish-gray laid paper with blue fibers (discolored to brownish-gray).

Dancer Turning

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · c. 1876

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Palette

Fawn
73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Taupe
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

Linen
2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.9:1

Sepia
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1

Pale stone
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1

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: c. 1876
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, with stumping, on pinkish-gray laid paper with blue fibers (discolored to brownish-gray)
Size: 60.7 × 44.8 cm (23 15/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Music and dance
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 57, colourfulness 20

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