Color Palettes from Famous Art

Master artists spent lifetimes understanding color. Explore how Van Gogh, Monet, Klimt, and others used color — then take their palettes into your own work.

81 masterworks · Click any painting to explore its full palette

81 paintings

The Just Judges by Jan van Eyck

Northern Renaissance

·1432·Featured·Stolen

The Just Judges

Jan van Eyck

Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

·1483·Featured

Virgin of the Rocks

Leonardo da Vinci

Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

·1490·Featured

Vitruvian Man

Leonardo da Vinci

Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

·1490·Featured·Recovered

Lady with an Ermine

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

·1498·Featured

The Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci

Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

·1500·Featured·Stolen

Salvator Mundi

Leonardo da Vinci

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

·1512·Featured

The Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

·1512·Featured

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Michelangelo

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

·1519·Featured

Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Judgment by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

·1541·Featured

The Last Judgment

Michelangelo

Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence by Caravaggio

Baroque

·1609·Featured·Stolen

Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence

Caravaggio

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch Golden Age

·1633·Featured·Stolen

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch Golden Age

·1642·Featured

The Night Watch

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age

·1657·Featured

The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer

The Concert by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age

·1664·Featured·Stolen

The Concert

Johannes Vermeer

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age

·1665·Featured

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya

Romanticism

·1814·Featured

The Third of May 1808

Francisco Goya

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

Romanticism

·1818·Featured

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Caspar David Friedrich

The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai

Edo Period

·1831·Featured

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai

The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner

Romanticism

·1839·Featured

The Fighting Temeraire

J.M.W. Turner

Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet

Impressionism

·1872·Featured

Impression, Sunrise

Claude Monet

Bal du Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Impressionism

·1876·Featured

Bal du Moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

·1888·Featured

Sunflowers

Vincent van Gogh

Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

·1888·Featured

Café Terrace at Night

Vincent van Gogh

Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin

Post-Impressionism / Symbolism

·1888·Featured

Vision After the Sermon

Paul Gauguin

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

·1889·Featured

The Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh

Wheatfield with Crows by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

·1890·Featured

Wheatfield with Crows

Vincent van Gogh

The Scream by Edvard Munch

Expressionism

·1893·Featured

The Scream

Edvard Munch

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Impressionism

·1906·Featured

Water Lilies

Claude Monet

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt

Art Nouveau / Vienna Secession

·1907·Featured·Stolen

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

Gustav Klimt

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Art Nouveau / Vienna Secession

·1908·Featured

The Kiss

Gustav Klimt

The Dance by Henri Matisse

Fauvism

·1910·Featured

The Dance

Henri Matisse

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

American Realism

·1942·Featured

Nighthawks

Edward Hopper

The Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano

Contemporary

·1992·Featured

The Singing Butler

Jack Vettriano

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck

Northern Renaissance

·1434

The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck

Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli

Italian Renaissance

·1485

Venus and Mars

Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Italian Renaissance

·1486

The Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli

Doni Tondo by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

·1507

Doni Tondo

Michelangelo

Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Titian

Venetian Renaissance

·1510·Recovered

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Titian

Portrait of a Young Man by Raphael

Italian Renaissance

·1513·Stolen

Portrait of a Young Man

Raphael

Venus of Urbino by Titian

Venetian Renaissance

·1538

Venus of Urbino

Titian

Conversion of Saint Paul by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

·1545

Conversion of Saint Paul

Michelangelo

Venus with a Mirror by Titian

Venetian Renaissance

·1555

Venus with a Mirror

Titian

Self-Portrait with Beret by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch Golden Age

·1630·Recovered

Self-Portrait with Beret

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch Golden Age

·1632

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt van Rijn

Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez

Spanish Baroque

·1656

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

Self-Portrait at the Age of 53 by Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch Golden Age

·1659

Self-Portrait at the Age of 53

Rembrandt van Rijn

Girl with the Red Hat by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age

·1665

Girl with the Red Hat

Johannes Vermeer

The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age

·1668·Recovered

The Astronomer

Johannes Vermeer

The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer

Dutch Golden Age

·1669·Recovered

The Geographer

Johannes Vermeer

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Rococo

·1767

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough

Rococo

·1770

The Blue Boy

Thomas Gainsborough

Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Rococo / Neoclassicism

·1782

Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David

Neoclassicism

·1784

Oath of the Horatii

Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David

Neoclassicism

·1793

The Death of Marat

Jacques-Louis David

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

Romanticism

·1818

The Raft of the Medusa

Théodore Géricault

Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya

Romanticism

·1823

Saturn Devouring His Son

Francisco Goya

Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix

Romanticism

·1830

Liberty Leading the People

Eugène Delacroix

Rain, Steam and Speed by J.M.W. Turner

Romanticism

·1844

Rain, Steam and Speed

J.M.W. Turner

Olympia by Édouard Manet

Impressionism

·1863

Olympia

Édouard Manet

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 by James McNeill Whistler

Tonalism

·1871

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

James McNeill Whistler

L'Absinthe by Edgar Degas

Impressionism

·1876

L'Absinthe

Edgar Degas

View of Auvers-sur-Oise by Paul Cézanne

Post-Impressionism

·1879·Stolen

View of Auvers-sur-Oise

Paul Cézanne

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Impressionism

·1881

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet

Impressionism

·1882

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Édouard Manet

Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat

Post-Impressionism

·1884

Bathers at Asnières

Georges Seurat

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

Post-Impressionism

·1886

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat

Poppy Flowers by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

·1887·Stolen

Poppy Flowers

Vincent van Gogh

Bedroom in Arles by Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionism

·1888

Bedroom in Arles

Vincent van Gogh

The Yellow Christ by Paul Gauguin

Post-Impressionism / Symbolism

·1889

The Yellow Christ

Paul Gauguin

Haystacks by Claude Monet

Impressionism

·1891

Haystacks

Claude Monet

The Card Players by Paul Cézanne

Post-Impressionism

·1895

The Card Players

Paul Cézanne

The Boy in the Red Vest by Paul Cézanne

Post-Impressionism

·1895·Recovered

The Boy in the Red Vest

Paul Cézanne

Blue Dancers by Edgar Degas

Impressionism

·1897

Blue Dancers

Edgar Degas

Le Pigeon aux Petits Pois by Pablo Picasso

Cubism

·1911·Stolen

Le Pigeon aux Petits Pois

Pablo Picasso

Composition VIII by Wassily Kandinsky

Abstract / Bauhaus

·1923

Composition VIII

Wassily Kandinsky

American Gothic by Grant Wood

American Regionalism

·1930

American Gothic

Grant Wood

Early Sunday Morning by Edward Hopper

American Realism

·1930

Early Sunday Morning

Edward Hopper

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí

Surrealism

·1931

The Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dalí

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

Cubism

·1937

Guernica

Pablo Picasso

Woman-Ochre by Willem de Kooning

Abstract Expressionism

·1955·Recovered

Woman-Ochre

Willem de Kooning