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A work made of black, red, and white chalk on gray-brown laid paper.

Three Studies of Seated Women

Jean-Antoine Watteau · c. 1715

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Palette

Sand
 55% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Parchment
 33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.9:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Taupe
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.3:1
Smoke
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Jean-Antoine Watteau
French, 1684-1721
Date
c. 1715
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black, red, and white chalk on gray-brown laid paper
Size
26 × 37 cm (10 1/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Regenstein Collection. 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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