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A work made of oil on canvas.

Boats on the Beach at Étretat

Claude Monet · 1885

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Palette

Ash
 36% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Graphite
 29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1
Taupe
 25% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Slate
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Olive
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Cinnamon
 0% of the image
Brown · 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
1885
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
66 × 82.3 cm (26 × 32 7/16 in.); Framed: 85.1 × 100.4 × 9.6 cm (33 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships · Work and rural life
Main colour
Grey · lightness 48, colourfulness 6

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester 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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