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A work made of charcoal with pastel and estompe on tan laid paper.

Dancer at the Bar (on Point)

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · c. 1885

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Palette

Biscuit
 88% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Oyster
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.4:1
Fawn
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.3:1
Stone
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Smoke
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Date
c. 1885
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal with pastel and estompe on tan laid paper
Size
32 × 24.4 cm (12 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton. 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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