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Horse, with Other Animals and Ornaments

A work made of wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper.

Horse, with Other Animals and Ornaments

Paul Gauguin · 1899/1900

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Palette

Stone
38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

Taupe
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Chalk
17% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.6:1

Putty
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

Sepia
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Oyster
1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1

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 Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date: 1899/1900
Type: Print
Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper
Size: Image and sheet: 23.5 × 25.3 cm (9 5/16 × 10 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Horses
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Carl O. Schniewind. 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