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Painting Palettes

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

A Mosque Alberto Pasini, 1886 Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez), probably 1624 The Flood Gate Emile van Marcke A Huntsman and a Peasant Woman by the Isar River with a View of Munich Wilhelm von Kobell, 1823 Portrait of a Man Hugo van der Goes, ca. 1475 A Holiday Edward Henry Potthast, c. 1915 Tiger Resting Pierre Andrieu, c. 1845 Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia Martin de Soria, 1480–85 The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge) John Philip Simpson, 1827 The Millinery Shop Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1879-86
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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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