Rouen Cathedral, West Façade

Claude Monet · 1894

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Palette

Pale blue-grey
34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1

Ash
34% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1

Sky
18% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.9:1

Pearl grey
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.2:1

Blue-grey
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.9:1

Pale stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1

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

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Artist: Claude Monet
1840–1926
Date: 1894
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 100.1 x 65.9 cm (39 3/8 x 25 15/16 in.)
Place: French
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 70, colourfulness 7

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1926: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1997. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Rouen Cathedral, West Façade

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