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A work made of pastel on paper.

Susan in a Straw Bonnet

Mary Cassatt · c. 1883

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Palette

Walnut
36% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.2:1
Raw umber
24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1
Green earth
19% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1
Graphite
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1
Smoke
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Mushroom
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
Date
c. 1883
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel on paper
Size
62.3 × 51.2 cm (24 1/2 × 20 1/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift 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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