The colors of 509 paintings & prints, measured.
Every work is broken into a palette of its main colors, an adaptive grid showing where those colors sit, and a set of measurements. Colors snap to 224 Monagrid swatches, so a Vermeer and a Van Gogh can be compared directly, by artist, by movement, across 1297–1967. 78% of all the painted area here is shadow, earth, grey or white.
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Proto-Renaissance
- St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1297
- Flight into Egypt, 1305
- Madonna Enthroned, 1300–1309
- Saint Stephen, 1320
Italian Renaissance
- Annunciation, 1425
- Adoration of the Magi, 1430
- The Baptism of Christ, 1448
- Madonna della Vittoria, 15th century
- San Marco Altarpiece, 15th century
- Flagellation of Christ, c. 1459
- Death of the Virgin, 1462
- Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece), 1472
- Adoration of the Magi, c. 1475
- Ginevra de' Benci, c. 1476
- Lamentation of Christ, 1483
- Primavera, 1480s
- The Birth of Venus, 1485
- Venus and Mars, 1485
- Lady with an Ermine, 1490
- The Last Supper, 1490s
- Salvator Mundi, 1500
- Mona Lisa, c. 1503
- The Marriage of the Virgin, 1504
- Madonna del Prato, 1500–1509
- Madonna of the Goldfinch, c. 1505
- Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan, 1500–1509
- Sistine Madonna, c. 1512
- Sacred and Profane Love, c. 1514
- The Feast of the Gods, 1514
- Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1517
- La fornarina, c. 1518–1520
- Venus of Urbino, 1538
- Equestrian Portrait of Charles V, 1548
- Sleeping Venus, 16th century
Northern Renaissance
- Ghent Altarpiece, 1432
- Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
- Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, c. 1435
- The Madonna in the Church, 1440
- The Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece), 1443
- The Descent from the Cross, 1440s
- Portrait of a Lady, 1460
- The Last Judgment, 1467
- Scenes from the Passion of Christ, 1470
- Annunciation, 1480s
- Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe, 1500
- The Garden of Earthly Delights, c. 1490–1510
- The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, 1500
- Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1501
- Adoration of the Magi, 1504
- Ship of Fools, 1500–1509
- The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, 1520s
- Cupid Complaining to Venus, c. 1526
- Darmstadt Madonna, 1526
- The Four Apostles, 1526
- The Three Graces, 1531
- The Ambassadors, 1533
- The fountain of youth, 1546
- Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559
- The Triumph of Death, 1562
- The Hunters in the Snow, 1565
- The Blind Leading the Blind, 1568
- The Peasant Wedding, 1568
Mannerism
- Joseph with Jacob in Egypt, 1518
- Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, c. 1523
- The Vision of Saint Jerome, 1526
- Visitation of Carmignano, 1528
- Portrait of a Halberdier, Francesco Guardi?, 1529
- Madonna with the Long Neck, 1534–1540
- Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo and her son Giovanni de' Medici, c. 1544
- Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune, c. 1545
- Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, 1545
- The Disrobing of Christ, c. 1578
- The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, 1586
- View of Toledo, 1596
- Opening of the Fifth Seal, 1610
Baroque
- Self-Portrait as Bacchus, 1595
- Medusa, 1597
- Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1599
- Supper at Emmaus, 1601
- The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1608
- Samson and Delilah, c. 1609
- The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1609
- The Elevation of the Cross, 1609
- Susanna and the Elders, 1610
- Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1613
- Judith and Her Maidservant, 1618
- The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, 1618
- Massacre of the Innocents, 1620s
- Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion, 1634
- Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla, 1634
- The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1634
- Agnus Dei, 1635
- The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, 1635
- The Surrender of Brea, 1635
- The Three Graces, 1630s
- Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638
- Joseph the Carpenter, 1642
- Magdalene with the Smoking Flame, c. 1642
- Rokeby Venus, 1644
- Las Hilanderas, 17th century
- Portrait of Innocent X, 17th century
- Las Meninas, 1656
- The Flight into Egypt, 1658
Dutch Golden Age
- Laughing Cavalier, 1624
- Gipsy Girl, 1626
- A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’, c. 1629
- The Jolly Toper, 1629
- Self-portrait by Judith Leyster, 1630
- The Proposition, 1631
- The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632
- The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633
- Belshazzar's Feast, 1636
- The Night Watch, 1642
- Woman with a Child in a Pantry, 17th century
- A Mayor of Delft and his Daughter, 1655
- The Jewish Cemetery, 1650s
- The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658
- The Little Street, 1658
- The Milkmaid, 1660
- Mother Lacing Her Bodice beside a Cradle, 1661
- View of Delft, c. 1661
- The Astronomer, 1664
- A Wooded Marsh, 1665
- Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665
- The Feast of Saint Nicholas, c. 1665
- The Art of Painting, c. 1667
- The Jewish Bride, c. 1667
- Return of the Prodigal Son, 1668
- The Happy Family, 1668
- The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, 1670
- Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies, and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge, 1688
- Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1700–1709
- Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Slab, 1716
Rococo
- The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717
- Pierrot, 1718
- The Shop Sign of Gersaint, 1720
- The Stonemason's Yard, 1725
- The Ray, 1727
- Le Buffet, 1728
- The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, 1730
- Boy with a Spinning-Top, 1738
- The Banquet of Cleopatra, c. 1743
- View of the Bacino di San Marco from the Punta della Dogana, 1743
- Brown Odalisque, 1740s
- Mr and Mrs Andrews, 1748
- La Naissance de Vénus, 1754
- Madame de Pompadour, 1759
- Deposition, 1767
- The Immaculate Conception, 1767
- The Swing, c. 1767
- A Young Girl Reading, 1770
- The Blue Boy, 1770
- The Lock, c. 1777
- Portrait of a Lady in Blue, 1780
- The Stolen Kiss, 1790
Neoclassicism
- Sappho Inspired by Love, 1775
- Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782
- Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso, 1782
- Marie Antoinette with a Rose, 1783
- The Sorrow of Telemachus, 1783
- The Oath of the Horatii, 1784
- Marie Antoinette and Her Children, 1787
- The Death of Socrates, 1787
- The Death of Marat, 1793
- The Coronation of Gabo Napoleon, 1807
- The Valpinçon Bather, 1808
- Grande Odalisque, 1814
- The Source, 1856
- The Turkish Bath, 1862
Romanticism
- Agony in the Garden, 18th century
- The Ancient of Days, 1794
- Newton, 1795
- Fishermen at Sea, 1796
- Charles IV of Spain and His Family, 1800
- Dolbadarn Castle, 1800
- La Maja nue, 1800
- The Clothed Maja, 1800
- The Monk by the Sea, 1808
- The Abbey in the Oakwood, c. 1809
- Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, 1812
- The Third of May 1808, 1814
- Chalk Cliffs at Ruegen, 1818
- Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818
- Saturn Devouring His Son, 1819
- The Ghost of a Flea, c. 1819
- The Raft of the Medusa, 1819
- The 1821 Derby at Epsom, 1821
- The Hay Wain, 1821
- The Barque of Dante, 1822
- Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds, 1823
- The Battle of Trafalgar, c. 1823
- The Sea of Ice, c. 1823
- The Massacre at Chios, 1824
- Portrait of a Kleptomaniac, 1820s
- The Cornfield, 1826
- Death of Sardanapalus, 1827
- Liberty Leading the People, 1830
- The Fighting Temeraire, 1839
- The Slave Ship, 1840
- Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth, 1842
- Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway, 1843
Realism
- The Bridge at Narni, 1826
- Ploughing in the Nivernais, 1849
- A Burial at Ornans, 1849–1850
- The Horse Fair, c. 1853
- Haymaking in the Auvergne, 1855
- The Painter's Studio, 1855
- The road from Sèvres to Paris, c. 1855
- The Gleaners, 1857
- The Angelus, 1858
- Death and the Woodcutter, c. 1859
- The Sleepers, 1866
- Woman with a Parrot, 1866
- Femme Lisant, 1869
- Barge Haulers on the Volga, 1870
- The Gross Clinic, 1875
- The Chess Players, 1876
- The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882
- Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan on November 16, 1581, 1883
- Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), 1884
- Carnation, Lily, Lily and Rose, c. 1885
- Swimming, 1885
- The Fog Warning, 1885
- En premiär, 1888
- They Did Not Expect Him, 1888
- Omnibus, 1891
- Fox Hunt, 1893
- Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, 1890s
- Midsummer Dance, 1897
- The Gulf Stream, 1899
- Gassed, 1919
Hudson River School
- Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill), 1825
- The Titan's Goblet, 1833
- The Oxbow, 1836
- The Architect's Dream, 1840
- Niagara, 1857
- Heart of the Andes, 1859
- Wilderness, 1860
- The Icebergs, 1861
- A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), 1862
- The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863
- Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865
- Tivoli, 1870
- The Last of the Buffalo, 1888
Rinpa
- Irises screen, c. 1701–1705
- Red and White Plum Blossoms, 1715
- Rough Waves, 18th century
- Wind God and Thunder God, 18th century
Ukiyo-e
- Plum Blossoms by a Streem (February), 18th century
- By the Sea, 1760s
- Whispering, 1767
- Fujin Tomari-kyaku no Zu, c. 1794
- Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin, 1794
- Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna", 1794
- Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna), 1794
- Three Beauties of the Present Day, 1790s
- Tsuitate no Danjo, 1797
- Fukagawa no Yuki, 1800–1809
- Pilgrims at the Rōben waterfall, Ōyama, 1819
- Fuchu, 1831
- Fujimigahara in Owari Province, 1831
- Kajikazawa in Kai province, 1831
- Lake Suwa in Shinano province, 1831
- Sazai hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan, 1831
- Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1831
- Fine Wind, Clear Morning, 1830s
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1830s
- Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, 1844
- Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi Gama, 1847
- Mongaku Shonin under the waterfall of Nachi, encouraged by Fudo Myoo and his acolytes Kongara and Seitaka, 1851
- Famous Views of the 60-odd Provinces, 1853
- Nihonbashi: Clearing after Snow, 1856
- Plum Park in Kameido, 1857
- Shichūhan'ei tanabata matsuri, 1857
- Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, 1857
- Suidōbashi surugadai, 1857
- Fireworks at Ryogoku, 1858
Impressionism
- The Bellelli Family, 1858
- Music in the Tuileries, 1862
- Luncheon on the Grass, 1863
- Olympia, 1863
- Luncheon on the Grass, 1866
- Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
- Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
- Woman in the Garden, 1867
- Interior, 1868
- The Balcony, 1868
- La Grenouillère, 1869
- The Ballet Class, 1871
- Impression, Sunrise, 1872
- The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, 1872
- The Cradle, 1872
- In a Park, 1874
- L'Absinthe, 1875
- Les raboteurs de parquet, 1875
- The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875
- Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
- Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876
- Flooding at Port-Marly, 1876
- Madame Monet wearing a kimono, 1876
- The Psyche mirror, 1876
- Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877
- The Red Roofs, Côte Saint-Denis at Pontoise, Winter Effect, 1877
- Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878
- Vue de toits, 1878
- Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879
- Summer's Day, 1879
- Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, 1879
- The Umbrellas, c. 1881
- A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882
- The Great Bathers, 1884
- Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880s
- The Cup of Tea, 1880s
- Girls at the Piano, 1892
- Rouen Cathedral, 1892
- The Child's Bath, 1893
- Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, 1896
- Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather, 1896
- Steamboats in the Port of Rouen, 1896
- Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899
- Water Lilies, 1919
Post-Impressionism
- The Boy in the Red Vest, 19th century
- Jeune Fille au piano (Girl at the Piano - The Overture to Tannhauser), 1869
- A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884
- Bathers at Asnières, 1884
- The Potato Eaters, 1885
- The Models, 1886
- Bedroom in Arles, 1888
- Café Terrace at Night, 1888
- Mardi Gras, 1888
- Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888
- Sunflowers, 1888
- The Night Café, 1888
- The Red Vineyard, 1888
- Vision After the Sermon, 1888
- Irises, 1889
- La Blanchisseuse, 1889
- The Starry Night, 1889
- The Yellow Christ, 1889
- At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, 1890
- Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890, 1890
- Tahitian Women on the Beach, 1890
- The Card Players, 1890
- Wheatfield with Crows, 1890
- The Circus, 1891
- Tiger in a Tropical Storm, 1891
- At the Moulin Rouge, 1892
- Manaò tupapaú, 1892
- Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue, 1892
- When Will You Marry?, 1892
- Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier, c. 1893
- La Toilette, 1896
- The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897
- Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, c. 1897
- Capo di Noli, near Genoa, 1898
- Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1903
- La encantadora de serpientes, 1907
- Port de Marseilles, 1907
- The Dream, 1910
Symbolism & Aestheticism
- Bocca Baciata, 1859
- Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864
- Jason, 1865
- Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, 1860s
- Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea, 1871
- Whistler's Mother, 1871
- Beata Beatrix, 1872
- Proserpine, 1874
- Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, 1875
- Salomé Dancing before Herod, 1876
- The Lady of Shalott, 1888
- The Scream, 1893
- Vampire, 1893
- Jealousy, 1895
- Puberty, 1895
- Amalienborg Square, Copenhagen, 1896
- Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896
- The Kiss, 1897
- Ida Reading a Letter, 1899
- Dust Motes Dancing in Sunbeams, 1900
- Judith I, 1901
- Echo and Narcissus, 1903
- The Old Guitarist, 1903–1904
- The Three Ages of Woman, 1905
- Nude with a Pitcher, 1906
- Danaë, 1907
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907
- The Kiss, 1907
- Le Regard, 1910
- Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, 1912
- The Birth of Venus, 1912
- The Cyclops, 1914
- Woman With a Fan, 1917
Fauvism & Expressionism
- Henri Matisse, 1905
- Mountains at Collioure, 1905
- The Golden Age, 1905
- The Green Stripe, 1905
- The Open Window, 1905
- Woman with a hat, 1905
- Portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1906
- Self-Portrait Looking Slightly Left, 1906
- Selfportrait at 6th wedding anniversary, 1906
- The Joy of Life, 1906
- Woman in a Chemise, 1906
- The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room), 1907
- L'Apéritif, 1908
- Trees in L'Estaque, 1908
- Porträt mit Äpfeln: Frau des Künstlers, 1909
- Birth, 1911
- Blue Horse I, 1911
- Dead City III, 1911
- Half-Length Nude with Hat, 1911
- The Large Blue Horses, 1911
- Yellow Cow, 1911
- Portrait of Wally, 1912
- Tête de femme, 1912
- Berlin Street Scene, 1913
- Woman in Green Jacket, 1913
- Mode: Woman with Parasol in front of Milliner's Shop, 1914
- The Tower of Blue Horses, 1914
- Death and the Maiden, 1915
- Self-portrait as a Soldier, 1915
- Female Nude, 1916
- Nu couché, c. 1917
- Seated Nude, 1917
- Alice, 1918
- The Family, 1918
- Abstract Head, 1921
- Medusa, 1923
- The Praying Jew, 1923
- The Circus Rider, c. 1922–1932
- Le Cours de la Seine, c. 1937
- White Crucifixion, 1938
Cubism & Early Abstraction
- The Blue Rider, 1903
- Still Life with a Parrot, 1907
- The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, 1907
- The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood, 1907
- The Ten Largest, No. 3, Youth, 1907
- The Ten Largest, No. 9, Old Age, 1907
- The Red Tree, 1909
- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1910
- The City Rises, 1910
- Champs de Mars, the Red Tower, c. 1911
- The Street Enters the House, 1911
- Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912
- Composition VI, 1913
- Composition VII, 1913
- Dynamism of a Cyclist, 1913
- The Bottle of Anís del Mono, 1914
- Black Square (1915), 1915
- Man with a Pipe, 1915
- Red Square, 1915
- Card Players, 1916
- Suprematist Composition, 1916
- Composition IX, 1917
- Suprematist Composition: White on White, 1918
- Sumpflegende, 1919
- Villa R, 1919
- Angelus Novus, 1920
- Le Canigou, 1921
- Mother and Child, 1921
- Counter-Composition of Dissonances XVI, 1925
- Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930
- The Red Armchair, 1931
- Rhythms, 1934
- Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942
- New York City, 1942
- Victory Boogie Woogie, 1942
Bauhaus
- E IV (Construction VII), 1922
- LIS, 1922
- Senecio, 1922
- Twittering Machine, 1922
- On White II, 1923
- Komposition Z VIII, 1924
- Concentric Group, 1925
- Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925
- Group of Fourteen in Imaginary Architecture, 1930
- Bauhaus Stairway, 1932
- Homage to the Square: Light Passage, 1956
- Homage to the Square: Yellow Signal, 1962
- Homage to the Square: New Light, 1967
- Homage to the Square: Promise, 1967
Indian Modernism
- Self-Portrait as Tahitian, 1934
- Three Girls, 1935
- Bride's Toilet, 1937
Surrealism
- Portrait of Joaneta Obrador, 1918
- The Policeman, 1925
- Painting (The Circus Horse), 1927
- Painting (Figures with Stars), 1933
- The Eye, 1932–1935
- On the Threshold of Liberty, 1937
- La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed), 1938
- The Two Fridas, 1939
- Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940
- The Broken Column, 1944
- The Wounded Deer, 1946
- The Banquet, 1958
American Modernism
- Blue and Green Music, 1919–1921
- Girl at Sewing Machine, 1921
- House by the Railroad, 1925
- The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y., 1926
- Automat, 1927
- Black Cross, New Mexico, 1929
- Cow's Skull with Calico Roses, 1931
- Gas, 1940
- Nighthawks, 1942
- Sky above Clouds IV, 1965
Abstract Expressionism & Color Field
- Number 19, 1949
- Untitled (Painting), 1953–1954
- Untitled (Purple, White, and Red), 1953