Irises

Claude Monet · 1914–17

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Palette

Green earth
47% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1

Teal
33% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.7:1

Slate blue
10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.3:1

Moss
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.4:1

Pewter
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Pistachio
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1

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: 1914–17
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 200 × 200.7 cm (78 3/4 × 79 in.); Framed: 203.8 × 204.5 × 6.4 cm (80 1/4 × 80 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · 20th century
Themes: Landscapes · Flowers
Main colour: Green · lightness 47, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute Purchase Fund. 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