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A work made of oil on canvas.

Houses of Parliament, London

Claude Monet · 1900–1

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Palette

Blue-grey
 32% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.4:1
Ash
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Lavender grey
 23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Pewter
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Silver
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.7:1
Warm grey
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

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
1900–1
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
81.2 × 92.8 cm (32 × 36 9/16 in.); Framed: 103.6 × 115 × 10.8 cm (40 3/4 × 45 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Cities and streets
Main colour
Grey · lightness 57, colourfulness 11

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson 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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