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A work made of pastel, on cream laid paper.

Girl Plaiting her Hair (La Natte)

Berthe Morisot · 1894

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Palette

Bone white
77% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.6:1
Pale stone
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1
Putty
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Pearl grey
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1
Fawn
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Tan
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Berthe Morisot
French, 1841-1895
Date
1894
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel, on cream laid paper
Size
57.6 × 40.5 cm (22 11/16 × 16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 87, colourfulness 11

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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