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Stack of Wheat 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, Stack of Wheat, 1890–91. Art Institute of Chicago, public domain.

The five colors

  1. Stone#B9B5BARGB 185, 181, 18643%
  2. Pale cocoa#84665ARGB 132, 102, 9020%
  3. Chambray#5A739CRGB 90, 115, 1569%
  4. Cocoa#6E4743RGB 110, 71, 672%
  5. Denim#3B5275RGB 59, 82, 1171%

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How the colors work

Stone rules this painting: it covers 43%, close to half of it.

Denim is the accent: only 1% of the painting, but enough to lift the rest.

Its values run from 3 (cocoa) to 7 (stone), on a scale from 0 (black) to 10 (white): a middle range, neither hard nor hazy.

It leans warm: warm colors cover 30%, cool ones 13%.

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.

Stone 7
Pale cocoa 5
Chambray 5
Cocoa 3
Denim 3

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