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Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset) 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 (Thaw, Sunset), 1890–91. Art Institute of Chicago, public domain.

The five colors

  1. Mole#665C59RGB 102, 92, 8940%
  2. Mink#8F685CRGB 143, 104, 9212%
  3. Straw#B69C6CRGB 182, 156, 1089%
  4. Storm#677089RGB 103, 112, 1374%
  5. Slate#858DA8RGB 133, 141, 1683%

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How the colors work

Mole leads with 40% of the painting, and mink follows with 12%.

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.

It leans warm: warm colors cover 31%, cool ones 10%.

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.

Straw 7
Slate 6
Mink 5
Storm 5
Mole 4

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