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A work made of graphite on ivory laid paper.

Study of a Harlequin

Paul Cézanne · c. 1888

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Palette

Linen
 67% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.8:1
Pale stone
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.3:1
Putty
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1
Chalk
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.2:1
Mushroom
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

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 Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
Date
c. 1888
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Graphite on ivory laid paper
Size
47.8 × 31.7 cm (18 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 85, colourfulness 14

Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake Collection. 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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