Thursday, May 12, 2011

Color Pallets Inspired by Classic Paintings

The hardest part of picking paint colors can sometimes be finding the right inspiration. A great way to start is by extracting colors from your favorite piece of art. Here are some color schemes taken from classic works of art to spark your imagination.

William Blake

Ancient of Days




William Adolphe Bouguereau

Birth of Venus




Alexandre Cabanel

Cleopatra




Paul Cezanne

The Basket of Apples




Leonardo Da Vinci

The Mona Lisa




Paul Gauguin

Tahitian Women on the Beach




Gustav Klimt

The Kiss


Henri Matisse

The Green Line


Claude Monet

Sunrise


Jackson Pollock

Number 8


Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Sistine Chapel Detail


Georges Seurat

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte


Vincent Van Gogh

Vase with 12 Sunflowers

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