Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect)

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US · 65 x 100 cm

Soft Slate
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Slate Blue-gray stone - the color of roofing slate, cool and slightly blue.
Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect) by Claude Monet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
55.9
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.4
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
5.3
cool
Dominant Hue
#8D8290 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 326°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 55.9
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.4
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 55.9 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect)" (1890) reads as a mid, muted-saturation cool palette built around Mauve and Slate. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #C68F57 pulls the eye.

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