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Painting Palettes

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

Hesitation (Madame Monteaux?) Alfred Stevens, c. 1867 Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and Christ Child Girolamo da Carpi, c. 1535 Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin) Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1875–76 Kitchen Scene Diego Velázquez, 1618–20 Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water James McNeill Whistler, 1872 Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1879 Self-Portrait Walter Shirlaw, 1878 Resting Antonio Mancini, c. 1887 Two Sisters (On the Terrace) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881 Woman's Head Albert Besnard, c. 1890
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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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