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Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect) color palette

Claude Monet, 1890–91. The five main colors of the painting, with their codes and how much of it each one covers.

Claude Monet, Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1890–91. Art Institute of Chicago, public domain.

The five colors

  1. Heather#8F869ARGB 143, 134, 15455%
  2. Camel#C18F58RGB 193, 143, 8816%
  3. Aubergine gray#675D6FRGB 103, 93, 11115%
  4. Chambray#6D7DA4RGB 109, 125, 16411%
  5. Blue#95A2C3RGB 149, 162, 1953%

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How the colors work

Heather rules this painting: it covers 55%, more than all the other colors together.

Blue is the accent: only 3% of the painting, but enough to lift the rest.

All five colors sit close in light, between value 4 and 7 on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white), which keeps the painting soft and even.

Most of it is near-neutral (70% of these colors): grays, browns and creams that let the few real colors speak.

Camel and chambray sit on opposite sides of the color wheel, so each makes the other look stronger (see complementary colors).

The same colors in gray

Each color beside its value, from light to dark. Painters check this to see the painting’s structure without its colors.

Blue 7
Heather 6
Camel 6
Chambray 5
Aubergine gray 4

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