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Grey Palettes from Famous Paintings

Paintings where grey is one of the main colors, turned into room palettes.

Mother and Child by the Sea Johan Christian Dahl, 1830 Madonna and Child with Two Angels Botticelli Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving the Birds Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo), ca. 1530 Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), ca. 1504 Cloud Study (Early Evening) Simon Denis, ca. 1786–1806 Portrait of a Man with a Watch Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen the Younger, 1657 Portrait of a Woman Jan van Ravesteyn, 1635 Portrait of a Man Wearing an Ivy Wreath Ancient Egyptian, Roman Period, early to mid–2nd century Dorothea and Francesca Cecilia Beaux, 1898 Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise Thomas Birch, 1806–12
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