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By the Seashore by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

By the Seashore

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1883

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Palette

Blue-grey
 28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Taupe
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Prussian blue
 14% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.1:1
Pine
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Khaki
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Lamp black
 9% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.5:1

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
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer
Date
1883
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
36 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (92.1 x 72.4 cm)
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Grey · lightness 39, colourfulness 12

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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