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Pastel drawing of two figures in a sailboat, bright multi-colored clouds.

Flower Clouds

Odilon Redon · c. 1903

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Palette

Taupe
 44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Raw umber
 29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1
Graphite
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Sepia
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Denim
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.5:1
Terracotta
 1% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916
Date
c. 1903
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel, with touches of stumping, incising, and brushwork, on blue-gray wove paper with multi-colored fibers altered to tan, perimeter mounted to cardboard
Size
44.5 × 54.2 cm (17 9/16 × 21 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson 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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