Monet’s Yellow Dining Room
by Ariane ~ December 17, 2012
The red and creamy tiles on the floor are typical for the local 19th Century style and can be found in many houses around. The furniture, including buffets and chairs, was also widely spread. Monet’s novelty was to paint it in these two tones of yellow.
Nevertheless, a strange spell lies on this dining room. Many visitors remember it as the “yellow kitchen”. However, the neighboring kitchen is absolutely blue, as you can spot through the door.
February 22nd, 2013 at 3:00 am
Wow! It looks good for the eyes! It’s refreshing.
February 25th, 2017 at 1:42 pm
Love your photos of the dining room. I too in my mind remembered the kitchen as painted yellow not blue! Do you know the Pantone color of yellow used in the dining room? Thinking of doing mine in a Monet-inspired way. Also, you sell a high resolution photo of the dining room?
Thanks,
Gary
PS: My wife and I visited Givernay July, 2000, on our honeymoon.
February 28th, 2017 at 5:29 am
Gary, Monet used chrome yellow in two shades, pure and mixed with white. If I believe the pantone scale it should be 144, but on my computer it doesn’t match at all with the color as it is in Monet’s dining room. I’m getting in touch with you by email for the picture. Painting your kitchen yellow will be a lovely reminder of your honeymoon.
July 31st, 2018 at 4:42 pm
Dear Ariane,
Might you have the rgb values for the Pure Chrome Yellow and Light Chrome Yellow that was used in the Dining Room??
August 1st, 2018 at 7:13 am
No I don’t, sorry.
March 4th, 2020 at 5:42 pm
can you please tell me the painted colors in the kitchen?
Thank you
MIchelle
March 13th, 2020 at 10:08 am
The kitchen is blue, I don’t know the reference of the paint on the ceiling, sorry.
April 9th, 2020 at 3:32 am
It is a pale blue lacquer but I don’t have the reference of the hue.
In the dining room Monet used chrome yellow.
May 23rd, 2021 at 6:57 am
Hi, does any body know if the chairs have a special name? Or the maker of them? Can similar chairs be bought?
Thank you,
May 24th, 2021 at 4:09 am
The chairs bought by Monet were a common pattern called “Chaise gerbe de blé” (sheaf of wheat chair). They can still be bought and are rather common in France, either as antiques or as new design. While writing to you I’m sitting on an old one. The seat is out of straw and it is a bit lower than modern ones.
May 24th, 2021 at 6:29 pm
Thank you very much for the information Ariane, eva
October 17th, 2021 at 8:01 pm
Hello, Could you please kindly email me the exact “ yellows” used in the dinning area? I am going to try recreating it in my home.
Thank you so much!
October 25th, 2021 at 2:54 am
I’ve seen this yellow changing with the repaint of the dining room, so there isn’t any ‘exact’ yellow. Look for Chrom yellow in bright and paler shade. Happy painting!
January 11th, 2023 at 4:51 pm
[…] Monet’s yellow dining room at Giverny is very famous. It’s almost entirely yellow, with the exception of the floors, and brings to light how beautiful yellow can be when used in the kitchen. The beauty of this room leaves nothing more to be said when it comes to the idea of painting your kitchen yellow—so consider it! […]