A work made of etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

Cain and Abel

Odilon Redon · 1886

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Charcoal
26% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1

Pale stone
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.5:1

Putty
22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

Warm grey
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Taupe
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.5:1

Iron
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.1:1

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: Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916
Date: 1886
Type: Print
Medium: Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Size: Plate: 18.4 × 12 cm (7 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 21.4 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 51, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney 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

Cain and Abel

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