Ocean Horizon Color Field Print
Stable DiffusionOcean Horizon Color Field Print is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for wall art work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 2:3 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 5.5 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.
Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more minimalist prompts .
Prompt
abstract color field painting of an ocean horizon, three soft horizontal bands — pale morning sky blue, hazy sea green, and deep slate blue — with slow feathered transitions between bands, subtle canvas texture, calm minimalist coastal abstraction, matte finish, contemporary wall art
Negative prompt
waves, boats, birds, people, sun, detailed clouds, reflections, photorealism, glossy, high contrast, hard edges, text, watermark, frame
Settings
- Model
- Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
- Aspect ratio
- 2:3
- Steps
- 30
- CFG scale
- 5.5
- Sampler
- DPM++ 2M Karras
How to use this prompt
The low cfg of 5.5 is the real setting here — color fields need SDXL to relax, and anything above 7 starts sneaking literal seascape detail like wave caps and gulls past the negative prompt. "Slow feathered transitions" controls the band edges; swap it for "crisp horizon line" if you want a Rothko-adjacent hard-edge version instead. The one print-killer for this style is gradient banding: those soft blends will posterize on budget stock, so add one to two percent fine grain before export and proof on matte paper, where banding shows least. At 2:3 it fills 16x24 and 20x30 frames — the sizes this calm, large-scale style actually needs to work in a room.
Variations to try
- Dusk version — "blush pink, warm apricot, and deep plum bands" for a sunset companion print
- Four-band dawn — "pale lavender, soft gold, misty blue and deep navy bands" to stretch the set to a trio
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What to do next
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Open this prompt in the Stable Diffusion builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Ocean Horizon Color Field Print",
"prompt": "abstract color field painting of an ocean horizon, three soft horizontal bands — pale morning sky blue, hazy sea green, and deep slate blue — with slow feathered transitions between bands, subtle canvas texture, calm minimalist coastal abstraction, matte finish, contemporary wall art",
"negative_prompt": "waves, boats, birds, people, sun, detailed clouds, reflections, photorealism, glossy, high contrast, hard edges, text, watermark, frame",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "2:3",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 5.5,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"minimalist"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/ocean-horizon-color-field/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
