A work made of black chalk with stumping on tan laid paper.

Study for L'Autopsie

Paul Cézanne · 1867/69

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Palette

Fawn
50% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

Taupe
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

Sepia
10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

Graphite
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1

Tan
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

Ash
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

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

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Artist: Paul Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
Date: 1867/69
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black chalk with stumping on tan laid paper
Size: 32 × 48.7 cm (12 5/8 × 19 3/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Tiffany and Margaret Blake. 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

Study for L'Autopsie

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