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Painting Palettes

Room palettes measured from public-domain paintings: real colors, light reflectance, paint ideas and room schemes.

Madonna and Child Bernardino dei Conti Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d'Argence (born 1714) Jean Marc Nattier, 1744 Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759–1801) Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Saint George Carlo Crivelli, 1472 Portrait of a Woman Piero del Pollaiuolo (Piero di Jacopo Benci), ca. 1480 The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten) Ferdinand Hodler, 1896 Madonna and Child Giovanni Bellini, ca. 1510 The Court of the Princess Adolphe Monticelli The Two Sisters Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, 1770 The Virgin of the Nativity Filippino Lippi, probably ca. 1500
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Light & Pigment

Paint color guides for real rooms and real light. Colors on screen differ from paint on a wall, so always test a sample.

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