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