A work made of charcoal and pastel, with touches of brush and brown ink, on ivory laid paper (discolored to tan), partially outlined in graphite and squared in black fabricated chalk, with yellow paint residue on verso.

Breton Bather

Paul Gauguin · 1886/87

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Palette

Fawn
40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

Chalk
27% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.6:1

Green earth
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Old gold
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

Dark olive
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.7:1

Pale stone
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1

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: 1886/87
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Charcoal and pastel, with touches of brush and brown ink, on ivory laid paper (discolored to tan), partially outlined in graphite and squared in black fabricated chalk, with yellow paint residue on verso
Size: 58.5 × 35 cm (23 1/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 69, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Goodspeed. 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

Breton Bather

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