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A work made of black and red chalk, selectively stumped, on cream wove paper.

Head of a Tahitian with Profile of Second Head to His Right

Paul Gauguin · 1891/93

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Palette

Sand
 47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1
Biscuit
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1
Tan
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Chalk
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.5:1
Bronze
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1
Linen
 1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.5:1

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
1891/93
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black and red chalk, selectively stumped, on cream wove paper
Size
35.2 × 36.9 cm (13 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 27

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

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