A work made of wood-block print in black, with a transferred twill impression, on tan wove paper.

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin · 1893/94

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Palette

Bistre
42% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.8:1

Taupe
24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

Sand
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

Chalk
8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.6:1

Fawn
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

Pale stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.4:1

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

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Artist: Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date: 1893/94
Type: Print
Medium: Wood-block print in black, with a transferred twill impression, on tan wove paper
Size: Image: 35.4 × 20.1 cm (13 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 48, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club. 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

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite

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