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Paint colors for your home, inside and out

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      • North-facing rooms
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    • House colors
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    • Agreeable Gray
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Painting Palettes

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

Paris Wilhelm Tischbein, c. 1787 Man with a Pen Jonas Welch Holman, 1827–30 Man in Armour Antonio Puga, 17th century Mrs. Benjamin Schaum (Anna Maria Heckensweiler) Jacob Eichholtz, 1808–10 Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton) Ammi Phillips, 1821–22 Portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688) Thomas Flatman, 17th century Phebe Russell Swain Welch Sheldon Peck, c. 1837 Portrait of an Artist or Scholar Mughal, 17th century Portrait of a Girl Francesco Solimena, c. 1700 Café Singer Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1879
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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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