The Loire

Alfred Sisley · 1896

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Palette

Silver
37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1

Taupe
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Stone
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1

Khaki
13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

Coffee
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.4:1

Bronze
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1

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: 1896
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 46.3 × 55.3 cm (18 3/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Framed: 68 × 76.9 × 10.2 cm (26 3/4 × 30 1/4 × 4 in.)
Place: France
Period: Impressionism · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Lucille E. and Joseph L. Block. 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