A work made of pastel over charcoal, selectively stumped, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), squared in black chalk on cream wove paper (discolored to tan).

Crouching Tahitian Woman (related to the painting Nafea faa ipoipo [When Will You Marry?])

Paul Gauguin · 1891/93

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Palette

Tan
48% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Olive
23% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1

Bronze
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Chalk
8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1

Iron
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1

Pale stone
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

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: Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date: 1891/93
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Pastel over charcoal, selectively stumped, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), squared in black chalk on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)
Size: 55.5 × 48 cm (21 7/8 × 18 15/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 32

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

Crouching Tahitian Woman (related to the painting Nafea faa ipoipo [When Will You Marry?])

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