Water Lilies

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.
Water Lilies by Claude Monet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
54.8
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
18.0
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
3.8
cool
Dominant Hue
#86827F gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 61°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 54.8
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 18.0
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 54.8 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Water Lilies" (1905) reads as a mid, muted-saturation balanced palette built around Slate and Yellow. Color weight is distributed evenly across the top three swatches. A low-prevalence accent at #B8A74F pulls the eye.

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