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The Connoisseur by Honoré Daumier

The Connoisseur

Honoré Daumier · ca. 1860–65

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Palette

Charcoal
 29% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1
Iron
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Taupe
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Stone
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Warm grey
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Pale stone
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1

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
Honoré Daumier
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois
Date
ca. 1860–65
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pen and ink, wash, watercolor, lithographic crayon, and gouache over black chalk on wove paper
Size
17 1/4 x 14 in. (43.8 x 35.5cm)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Interiors
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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