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A work made of red, white, and black chalk, with stumping, and black conté crayon on tan wove (tracing) paper, laid down on canvas.

Splashing Figure (Study for "The Large Bathers")

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1884/85

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Palette

Sand
 54% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Pale stone
 31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.4:1
Biscuit
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1
Fawn
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Tan
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Bronze
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

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
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French, 1841-1919
Date
1884/85
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Red, white, and black chalk, with stumping, and black Conté crayon on tan wove (tracing) paper, laid down on canvas
Size
98.9 × 63.5 cm (38 15/16 × 25 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 25

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Kate L. Brewster. 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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