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Monet's Palette
From "Techniques of The Worlds Great Masters", Chartwell Books Inc.
"Monet's palette was simple and fairly limited. The blues are ultramarine or cobalt and the cadmium yellows were consistently employed by Monet. Viridian and Emerald Green were on his palette but played an unimportant role here. Vermilion and Alizarin Crimson were his reds and Cobalt Violet was added after the 1880's. It is important to note that Monet never used colors straight from the tube but were all mixed with lead white in varying degrees to create a pastel-like reflecting luminosity".
A further note, he started with a pale grey ground applied to a fine-weave canvas allowing the ground to show through.
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