Water Lilies

Soft Gamboge
Soft Low-contrast, gentle chroma - mid-key values and low saturation, approachable and calm.
Gamboge Deep golden yellow - a traditional warm pigment, rich amber-gold.
Water Lilies by Claude Monet

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
46.6
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
22.8
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
-0.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#687162 gray

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 120°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 46.6
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 22.8
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 46.6 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"Water Lilies" (1914) reads as a shadowed, muted-saturation warm palette built around Sage and Yellow. The body of the palette stays restrained while smaller hits of color do the work. A low-prevalence accent at #6D7CBE pulls the eye.

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