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Color pastel drawing of ballerinas in tutus on stage, watched by audience.

Ballet at the Paris Opéra

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1877

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Palette

Smoke
 52% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Graphite
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1
Mushroom
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1
Slate
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Pale stone
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1
Linen
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1

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
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Date
1877
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper
Size
Plate: 35.2 × 70.6 cm (13 7/8 × 27 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.9 × 71.9 cm (14 3/16 × 28 5/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Cities and streets · Music and dance · Work and rural life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 46, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mary and Leigh Block. 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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