A work made of pastel, with stumping, on cream wove paper, laid down on board.

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Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · c. 1883

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Palette

Olive brown
36% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Dark olive
29% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.9:1

Stone
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Putty
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Bronze
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Olive
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.2:1

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

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Artist: Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Date: c. 1883
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Pastel, with stumping, on cream wove paper, laid down on board
Size: 36.4 × 43 cm (14 3/8 × 16 15/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 39, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton. 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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