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Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset)

A lone wheat stack, in shadow, rests on a field with traces of snow, the snow taking on reflected shades of pink, yellow, orange, and blue from the unseen setting sun. A line of pale yellow illuminates the horizon above the hills beyond.

Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset)

Claude Monet · 1890–91

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Palette

Iron
39% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Warm grey
26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Ash
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Blue-grey
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

Mushroom
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

Fawn
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1

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: Claude Monet
Date: 1890–91
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 64.4 × 92.5 cm (25 3/8 × 36 7/16 in.); Framed: 79.1 × 107 × 5.8 cm (31 1/8 × 42 1/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Sunrise and sunset · Work and rural life
Main colour: Brown · lightness 50, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Searle. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules