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Portrait of Ari Redon

A work made of pastel on pale blue wove paper faded to gray.

Portrait of Ari Redon

Odilon Redon · c. 1898

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Palette

Sage
29% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.9:1

Warm grey
26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1

Pale stone
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1

Blue-grey
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Sepia
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Khaki
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

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: Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916
Date: c. 1898
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Pastel on pale blue wove paper faded to gray
Size: 44.8 × 30.8 cm (17 11/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Grey · lightness 64, colourfulness 13

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