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Find art by colour

Every image on this site has a palette we measured ourselves. Pick a colour to find the works with the most of it, or browse a colour family.

#2f5d9e · the works with the most of this colour

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Colour families

Red488 works · main colour of 107 Orange201 works · main colour of 46 Yellow256 works · main colour of 63 Green575 works · main colour of 378 Teal217 works · main colour of 71 Blue526 works · main colour of 204 Purple44 works · main colour of 12 Pink227 works · main colour of 42 Brown1393 works · main colour of 902 Gold & ochre1983 works · main colour of 1451 Black1236 works · main colour of 569 Grey1655 works · main colour of 830 White & cream764 works · main colour of 329

How colour changes over time

The share of each colour family in the paintings here, by 25-year period:

Median lightness and colourfulness (CIELAB L* and chroma) of the same paintings. Across the site, the median painting has lightness 44 and chroma 16.

These figures describe the images as photographed and published by the museums. Varnish, fading and photography all shape them, so old varnished paintings read darker and warmer than they were painted. Methodology