A work made of black chalk on blue laid paper.

Tinker with His Tools

Camille Pissarro · 1874/76

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Palette

Pewter
66% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Blue-grey
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Smoke
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1

Slate
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

Warm grey
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Iron
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1

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

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Artist: Camille Pissarro
French, 1830-1903
Date: 1874/76
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Black chalk on blue laid paper
Size: 31.8 × 47.8 cm (12 9/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 51, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Sam Salz. 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

Tinker with His Tools

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