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A work made of watercolor, with graphite, on ivory wove paper.

The Three Skulls

Paul Cézanne · 1902/06

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Palette

Linen
 75% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1
Silver
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Blue-grey
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Peach
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1
Dusty rose
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.9:1
Salmon
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.5:1

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
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
Date
1902/06
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, with graphite, on ivory wove paper
Size
48 × 62.8 cm (18 15/16 × 24 3/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
20th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 85, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial 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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