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Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians

A work made of transfer drawing in brown and black ink on cream japanese paper.

Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians

Paul Gauguin · c. 1902

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Palette

Putty
62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1

Chalk
17% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1

Fawn
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Sepia
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

Pale stone
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1

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: Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date: c. 1902
Type: Print
Medium: Transfer drawing in brown and black ink on cream Japanese paper
Size: 24.6 × 39.6 cm (9 11/16 × 15 5/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 20th century
Themes: Birds
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne. 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