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Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect

Horizontal oil painting in shades of pale purple, pink, and light blue of a bridge composed of multiple linked archways over water, engulfed in hazy fog. Various indistinct, colorful forms cross the bridge, and factory smokestacks rise in the distance.

Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect

Claude Monet · 1903

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Palette

Lavender grey
50% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.7:1

Blue-grey
30% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.2:1

Cornflower
8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

Steel blue
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.5:1

Mauve
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

Ash
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1

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: 1903
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 65.7 × 101 cm (25 7/8 × 39 3/4 in.); Framed: 88.9 × 123.2 × 10.8 cm (35 × 48 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · 20th century
Themes: Landscapes · Rivers and lakes · Cities and streets
Main colour: Blue · lightness 59, colourfulness 18

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