Palettes of the Impressionists: Monet

Claude Monet is perhaps the most famous of the French Impressionists. He used quite a limited range of colors in his paintings, banishing browns and earth colors from his palette. By 1886, black had also disappeared. Asked in 1905 what colors he used, Monet said: "The point is to know how to use the colors, the choice of which is, when all's said and done, a matter of habit." Find out what colors Monet used in his palette...

More on Monet:
• Quick Quiz on Monet's Life and Work
• Artist's Reference Photos: Monet's Garden at Giverny
• The Colors the Impressionists Used for Shadows

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