Palette Inspiration

A curated color intelligence platform dedicated to the study and exploration of color as used by the world's greatest painters. We extract, analyze, and present the dominant color palettes from thousands of artworks spanning the Renaissance through the Modern era.

Our mission is to make the color wisdom of master artists accessible to designers, artists, researchers, and curious minds - bridging the gap between classical art history and contemporary creative practice.

Each palette on this site is derived through careful computational analysis of high-resolution artwork images. Colors are grouped, named, and ordered by prevalence, giving you an honest representation of how a painter actually used color across their body of work.

What you can explore:

• Color palettes from over 1,000 painters organized alphabetically and by style
• Art movements and genres with their characteristic color signatures
• Individual named colors and which artists used them most
• Visual browsing by hue, luminosity, and palette relationships