Valley of the Creuse (Grey Day)

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, MA, US · 81.2 x 65.5 cm

Soft Heather
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Heather Muted mauve - the color of Scottish heather, gray-purple and soft.
Valley of the Creuse (Grey Day) by Claude Monet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
50.3
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
14.1
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
9.9
cool
Dominant Hue
#86736B orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 50°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 50.3
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 14.1
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 50.3 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Valley of the Creuse (Grey Day)" (1889) reads as a mid, muted-saturation warm palette built around Dusty Pink and Warm Grey. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #4F572A pulls the eye.

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