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A work made of monotype matrix in watercolor and gouache, with brush and green ink, over traces of graphite, on cream japanese paper, laid down on tan wove paper (partially removed).

Two Tahitian Women in a Landscape

Paul Gauguin · c. 1892

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Palette

Sand
 60% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1
Chalk
 15% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.4:1
Green earth
 9% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.5:1
Graphite
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1
Pewter
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Steel blue
 4% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.9:1

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
c. 1892
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Monotype matrix in watercolor and gouache, with brush and green ink, over traces of graphite, on cream Japanese paper, laid down on tan wove paper (partially removed)
Size
32.2 × 23.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 20

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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