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A work made of watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on cream japanese paper.

Still Life with Cat

Paul Gauguin · c. 1899

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Palette

Fawn
 69% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Pewter
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Chalk
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.1:1
Spruce
 4% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.1:1
Ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1
Caramel
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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. 1899
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper
Size
Primary/secondary support: 63.5 × 36.1 cm (25 × 14 1/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Still life · Cats
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Helen Tieken Geraghty in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Tieken. 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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