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Paint colors for your home, inside and out

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Painting Palettes

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

Susanna and the Elders Peter Paul Rubens The Interrupted Sleep François Boucher, 1750 The Silver Tureen Jean Siméon Chardin, ca. 1728–30 The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne Alfred Sisley, 1872 Portrait of a Man Italian Painter Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626) Frans Hals, 1626 The Dead Christ in the Tomb with Two Angels Abraham Janssen van Nuyssen, ca. 1610 Saint Peter and Simon Magus Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?) Paul Gauguin, 1896 Madame Léon Clapisson Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883
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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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