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The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand

Alfred Sisley · 1875

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Palette

Pearl grey
39% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.7:1

Pale blue-grey
21% of the image
Teal · text contrast 9.0:1

Silver
18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

Pewter
16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Slate
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Graphite
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.8:1

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: Alfred Sisley
Date: 1875
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 54.5 × 73.7 cm (21 7/16 × 29 in.); Framed: 71.5 × 90.5 × 9.6 cm (28 1/8 × 35 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes · Work and rural life
Main colour: Grey · lightness 70, colourfulness 7

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