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Woman Having Her Hair Combed by Edgar Degas

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Edgar Degas · ca. 1886–88

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Palette

Bronze
 34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Ash
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1
Fawn
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1
Smoke
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Sepia
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.0:1

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
Edgar Degas
French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris
Date
ca. 1886–88
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount
Size
29 1/8 x 23 7/8 in. (74 x 60.6 cm)
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 51, colourfulness 19

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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