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A work made of black chalk on ivory laid paper.

Cliffs and Sea, Sainte-Adresse

Claude Monet · c. 1864

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Palette

Linen
 45% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.4:1
Taupe
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Warm grey
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Iron
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Putty
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Charcoal
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.9:1

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
French, 1840-1926
Date
c. 1864
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black chalk on ivory laid paper
Size
20.6 × 31.4 cm (8 1/8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 66, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. 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

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