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A work made of red, black, and white chalks, with stumping, on cream laid paper.

Italian Comedians

Jean-Antoine Watteau · 1719/20

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Palette

Tan
 82% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Caramel
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1
Cinnamon
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.3:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1

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

Details

Artist
Jean-Antoine Watteau
French, 1684-1721
Date
1719/20
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Red, black, and white chalks, with stumping, on cream laid paper
Size
26.1 × 40.3 cm (10 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 23

Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake 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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