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Painting Palettes

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

Boats on the Beach at Étretat Claude Monet, 1885 Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, c. 1806 Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion Eugène Delacroix, 1849–50 Painting with Green Center Vasily Kandinsky, 1913 Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise Thomas Birch, 1806–12 For Sunday's Dinner William Michael Harnett, 1888 Mother and Child Julius Gari Melchers, c. 1906 Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836–37 A Marine George Inness, c. 1874–75 The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Jules Dupré, c. 1860
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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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