Paintings for Cream Walls

Old-house warmth; the wall color most Old Masters were painted for.

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Browns, reds and golds echo; a blue-gray seascape contrasts quietly.

Echoes your wall 1,235
Contrasts with your wall 107
Neutral with your wall 1,032

Forest Scene, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña 36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Paintings that share this wall’s color, so wall and picture read as one. Closest in hue and largest in share come first. Showing 1 to 48 of 1,235.

The painting depicts a forest floor under tall trees, with a grassy path leading into the distance. The sky is obscured by dense green foliage and tree limbs.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Forest Scene, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Elisabeth Blavot, ca. 1806–1883), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1831–34, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Elisabeth Blavot, ca. 1806–1883), ca. 1831–34 The Met

The Camp Meeting, Worthington Whittredge, 1874, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge The Camp Meeting, 1874 The Met

The image displays a landscape with rolling plains and sloping hills in the background. A rider on a galloping horse is depicted aiming a firearm at birds in flight. The painting features detailed brushwork capturing movement.

George Catlin Ostrich Chase, Buenos Aires - Auca, 1854/1869 National Gallery of Art

Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River, Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, 1856, hanging scroll; Ink and color on silk

Utagawa Hiroshige Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River, Edo period, 1856 Art Institute of Chicago

Nine people are gathered in a landscape around the gaunt body of a young man being carried on a cloth in the lower half of this vertical painting. All the people have pale skin tinged with yellow, and all but one have shiny gold halos.

Fra Angelico The Entombment of Christ, c. 1450 National Gallery of Art

Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun, Théodore Rousseau, 1851, oil on fabric

Théodore Rousseau Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun, 1851 Cleveland Museum of Art

After the Hunt, Gustave Courbet, ca. 1859, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet After the Hunt, ca. 1859 The Met

Sunrise, George Inness, 1887, oil on canvas

George Inness Sunrise, 1887 The Met

Harvest Scene, Winslow Homer, ca. 1873, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Harvest Scene, ca. 1873 The Met

Wooded Landscape, Gustave Courbet, 1860–65, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Wooded Landscape, 1860–65 Art Institute of Chicago

Dense canopies enclose a forested interior along a stream in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue), 1855 National Gallery of Art

Return from the Fields, Jean-François Millet, c. 1846–47, oil on fabric

Jean-François Millet Return from the Fields, c. 1846–47 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Letter, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on wood

Camille Corot The Letter, ca. 1865 The Met

Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1864, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1864 The Met

Garden Scene, Jean-François Millet, 1854, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Garden Scene, 1854 The Met

The Two Disciples at the Tomb, Henry Ossawa Tanner, c. 1906, oil on canvas

Henry Ossawa Tanner The Two Disciples at the Tomb, c. 1906 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a woodland scene with tall trees surrounding a small, still pond. The trees and grassy ground are painted in shades of olive-green, rusty orange, yellow ochre, and dark brown.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Frog Pond, 1876 National Gallery of Art

Peace and Plenty, George Inness, 1865, oil on canvas

George Inness Peace and Plenty, 1865 The Met

Delaware Water Gap, George Inness, 1861, oil on canvas

George Inness Delaware Water Gap, 1861 The Met

Weary Wayfarers, Jean-Charles Cazin, 1888, oil on canvas

Jean-Charles Cazin Weary Wayfarers, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Three apples and two pears sit next to a knife and a luminous, white mug on a tan, stone surface before a muted, olive-green background in this horizontal still life painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with a White Mug, c. 1764 National Gallery of Art

Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1870–80, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Cremorne Gardens, No. 2, ca. 1870–80 The Met

Painted in golden tones of butter and harvest yellow, tawny brown, and olive green, this horizontal landscape painting has a low wall stretching diagonally from the lower right corner off to our left, dividing a river to our right from a…

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mortlake Terrace, 1827 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man from the chest up, positioned facing the right, gazing into the distance. The male has pale skin, a long nose, and deep-set eyes. He has dark, wavy hair, a pointed beard, and a mustache that hides his mouth.

Thomas Eakins Louis Husson, 1899 National Gallery of Art

Eight pale-skinned men and thirteen brown-skinned, indigenous Lenape men, women, and a baby gather on a grassy field close to us in this horizontal painting. The white men are cleanshaven and have puffy gray, shoulder-length hair.

Edward Hicks Penn's Treaty with the Indians, c. 1840/1844 National Gallery of Art

In the Woods, George Inness, 1866, oil on board

George Inness In the Woods, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting depicts a woman and a child standing in a wooded area. The woman holds a closed parasol in one hand and reaches down towards the child with the other.

Camille Corot Madame Stumpf and Her Daughter, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Boy Fishing, Eastman Johnson, 1860s, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Boy Fishing, 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

Painted with wide strokes in almost geometric areas of mottled color, a woman wearing a long black dress stands at the side of a table in this stylized, vertical composition.

Édouard Vuillard Woman in Black, c. 1891 National Gallery of Art

Dark portrait of older woman in black dress with lace collar, flowers.

Gustave Courbet Mère Grégoire, 1855, reworked 1857–59 Art Institute of Chicago

Annie C. Lochrey Husson (Mrs. Louis Husson), Thomas Eakins, c. 1905, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Annie C. Lochrey Husson (Mrs. Louis Husson), c. 1905 National Gallery of Art

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar, 1898 National Gallery of Art

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose), William Sidney Mount, 1837, oil on mahogany

William Sidney Mount The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose), 1837 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a seated woman is surrounded by an arch of disembodied, winged baby heads as she gazes down at an infant lying across her lap in this vertical painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto The Madonna of the Stars, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

Gold folded tall screen with red flowers, green maize plants.

Unknown artist Maize and Cockscombs, mid 17th century Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Philip IV, Diego Velázquez, c. 1632, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Portrait of Philip IV, c. 1632 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a slightly elevated viewpoint looking out across a green landscape towards a reflective body of water. In the green sky, the pale-yellow moon glows brightly, illuminating the scene.

Ralph Albert Blakelock Moonlight, 1886/1895 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with a wide river on the right flowing through green hills.

John Frederick Kensett View on the Genesee near Mount Morris, 1857 National Gallery of Art

Cows Crossing a Ford, Jules Dupré, 1836, oil on canvas

Jules Dupré Cows Crossing a Ford, 1836 The Met

The painting depicts an equestrian scene with people and horses in a green landscape. There are several people on horseback, and others standing by horses. Some people are also sitting in horse-drawn carriages.

John Ferneley Heaton Park Races, 1829 National Gallery of Art

Through a golden haze and across an expanse of gently rippling water dotted with boats, ghostly ivory and parchment-white buildings rise along a distant shore in this loosely painted horizontal landscape.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1843 National Gallery of Art

The Drinkers, Honoré Daumier, by 1861, oil on wood

Honoré Daumier The Drinkers, by 1861 The Met

Shown from the chest up, a young, pale-skinned woman faces and looks out at us with a slight smile on her lips in this vertical portrait painting.

Henri Fantin-Latour Mademoiselle de Fitz-James, 1867 National Gallery of Art

Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1867, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Pompton Plains, New Jersey, 1867 The Met

A person rides a horse away from us on a narrow dirt path curving through a forest dominated by golden yellow trees in this vertical landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Forest of Coubron, 1872 National Gallery of Art

In the center of this painting, there is a horse-drawn cart turned away from us, facing the right. In the cart is a person wearing dark blue clothing and a dark hat, and next to them is a white-and-pink bundle that could be another person.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The Trap, 1880 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a woman reaching to pick a water lily from a pond. She is crouching atop a fallen log, leaning over to submerge her right hand in the water.

Eastman Johnson Gathering Lilies, 1865 National Gallery of Art

Contrasts with your wall

Paintings built around the opposite color, which stand out against this wall. The truest opposites come first. The strongest 24 of 107.

Boy in a Blue Coat, George Bellows, 1915, oil on canvas

George Bellows Boy in a Blue Coat, 1915 Cleveland Museum of Art

Vivid, lush view of rolling waves in purple, white, blue, and green against a bright blue sky with a watercolor-like blending of blues and purples. Sea and sky nearly become one.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Seascape, 1879 Art Institute of Chicago

Houses of Parliament, London, Claude Monet, 1900–1, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Houses of Parliament, London, 1900–1 Art Institute of Chicago

Horizontal oil painting in shades of pale purple, pink, and light blue of a bridge composed of multiple linked archways over water, engulfed in hazy fog.

Claude Monet Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect, 1903 Art Institute of Chicago

Poppy Field (Giverny), Claude Monet, 1890–91, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Poppy Field (Giverny), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

We look slightly down onto a port-side town along a canal, with a church across the water from us in this horizontal landscape painting. A bright blue sky with billowing white, pink, and gray clouds fills the top two-thirds of the painting.

Canaletto Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, 1742/1744 National Gallery of Art

Painting of softly rendered shapes in pale blue, green, and white. A textured green mass at left resembles foliage. Blue and white cloud-like forms fill the rest of the frame.

Claude Monet Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist), 1897 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a cliff overlooking the sea. Two figures in long dresses, one with a parasol, stand on the cliff beneath blue sky.

Claude Monet Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882 Art Institute of Chicago

We look slightly down into a lime-green and white rowboat carrying a woman holding a baby and a man in this nearly square painting. The man wears midnight-blue shoes, pants, jacket, and soft, floppy cap.

Mary Cassatt The Boating Party, 1893/1894 National Gallery of Art

Loosely painted scene of a brown-haired girl in her nightgown standing in a dark room, gazing out a window into a brighter night, her face unseen and her hand drawing back the pale curtain.

Edvard Munch The Girl by the Window, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Delphi with a Procession, Claude Lorrain, 1673, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain View of Delphi with a Procession, 1673 Art Institute of Chicago

Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882, Claude Monet, 1882, oil on fabric

Claude Monet Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882, 1882 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Village Street: Dardagny, Camille Corot, 1852, 1857, or 1863, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Village Street: Dardagny, 1852, 1857, or 1863 The Met

Piazza San Marco, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Piazza San Marco, late 1760s The Met

The House with the Cracked Walls, Paul Cézanne, 1892–94, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The House with the Cracked Walls, 1892–94 The Met

From low on a hillside, we look up at a light-skinned woman and boy standing in tall grass against a sunny blue sky in this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a pond seen up close spotted with thickly painted pink and white water lilies and a shadow across the top third of the picture.

Claude Monet Water Lilies, 1906 Art Institute of Chicago

Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, Claude Monet, 1886, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, 1886 Art Institute of Chicago

Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Claude Monet Sandvika, Norway, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

A row of spire-like structures of different heights is silhouetted in azure blue against a soft pink, yellow, peach, and lavender-purple sunset and reflected in a rippling river in this nearly square landscape painting.

Claude Monet The Houses of Parliament, Sunset, 1903 National Gallery of Art

From Ávila, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1903, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent From Ávila, ca. 1903 The Met

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1850s, oil on fabric

Jean-Léon Gérôme Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Lock at Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1872, oil on fabric

Camille Pissarro The Lock at Pontoise, 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

Neutral with your wall

Quiet palettes that neither match nor fight this color, the softest first. The strongest 24 of 1,032.

Saddle Horse in Farm Yard, Winslow Homer, ca. 1870–75, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Saddle Horse in Farm Yard, ca. 1870–75 The Met

Study of a Tree, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1864, oil on paper mounted on board

Albert Bierstadt Study of a Tree, ca. 1864 The Met

Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair, Henry Raeburn, 1810–20, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair, 1810–20 Art Institute of Chicago

Fish, William Merritt Chase, by 1910, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Fish, by 1910 The Met

View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1853, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, 1853 The Met

Jonathan Sturges, Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1840, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Jonathan Sturges, ca. 1840 The Met

A Fisherman, Eastman Johnson, 1865, brown inks on tan-color sized canvas

Eastman Johnson A Fisherman, 1865 The Met

Sanford Robinson Gifford, Eastman Johnson, 1880, oil on academy board

Eastman Johnson Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1880 The Met

Lake George, A Reminiscence, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, A Reminiscence, 1872 The Met

Lake George, New York, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, New York, 1872 The Met

Evening, New Bedford Harbor, Dwight William Tryon, 1890, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Evening, New Bedford Harbor, 1890 The Met

Moonlight, Dwight William Tryon, 1887, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Moonlight, 1887 The Met

Moonrise at Sunset, Dwight William Tryon, 1890, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Moonrise at Sunset, 1890 The Met

Village in Brittany, Charles-François Daubigny, 1844, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny Village in Brittany, 1844 Art Institute of Chicago

Nocturnal landscape painting with lush trees and a large patch of sky with visible brushstrokes. Multiple small, seated figures line the foreground.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Landscape with Figures, c. 1870 Art Institute of Chicago

Castel San Elmo (from Cropsey Album), Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1848, graphite, white gouache, and watercolor on dark buff-colored wove paper

Jasper Francis Cropsey Castel San Elmo (from Cropsey Album), 1848 The Met

Environs of Fontainebleau: Woodland and Cattle, Rosa Bonheur, 1864, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur Environs of Fontainebleau: Woodland and Cattle, 1864 The Met

Capriccio: The Lagoon, Francesco Guardi, After 1770, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Capriccio: The Lagoon, After 1770 Art Institute of Chicago

The Circumcision, Giovanni Bellini, 1511, oil on wood

Giovanni Bellini The Circumcision, 1511 The Met

Virgin and Child, Peter Paul Rubens, 1619, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Virgin and Child, 1619 The Met

Allegorical Figure Representing Temperance, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760, fresco, transferred to canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Allegorical Figure Representing Temperance, 1760 The Met

Portrait of a Gentleman, Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1775, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1775 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1775, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1775 The Met

Martin Euclid Thompson, William Sidney Mount, 1830, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Martin Euclid Thompson, 1830 The Met

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