Paintings for Navy Walls

Tailored and dark; gold and cream paintings glow against it.

Navy #1F2D4D

Warm, bright works contrast; nocturnes echo.

Echoes your wall 93
Contrasts with your wall 2,066
Neutral with your wall 215

Poppy Field (Giverny), Claude Monet 24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 cm), centered 55¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Echoes your wall

Paintings that share this wall’s color, so wall and picture read as one. Closest in hue and largest in share come first. The strongest 24 of 93.

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

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

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

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

The painting depicts a coastal scene. A rocky shore in warm tones of orange, brown, red, and purple is closest to us, with two boats and a simple structure visible near the center of the painting.

Henri-Edmond Cross Calanque des Antibois, 1891/1892 National Gallery of Art

Nocturne, John La Farge, ca. 1885, watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper adhered to wove paper

John La Farge Nocturne, ca. 1885 The Met

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

The painting shows a landscape with a large, dark blue mountain in the background. Below the mountain are blocks of color, suggesting fields and structures.

Alexej von Jawlensky Murnau, 1910 National Gallery of Art

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

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

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

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

Corn Fields, Félix Vallotton, 1900, oil on board

Félix Vallotton Corn Fields, 1900 Cleveland Museum of Art

Madonna and Child with Saints, Giovanni Bellini, ca. 1505–10, tempera and oil on wood

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child with Saints, ca. 1505–10 The Met

From Jerusalem, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper

John Singer Sargent From Jerusalem, 1905–6 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

From a sandy beach, we look across a sun-drenched body of water enclosed by a long, sand-colored, crenelated wall in this horizontal landscape painting.

Frédéric Bazille The Western Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes, 1867 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

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

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

Treetops against Sky, John Singer Sargent, 1909–13, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Treetops against Sky, 1909–13 The Met

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

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

A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1874 The Met

Saint Alexander, Fra Angelico, ca. 1425, tempera on wood, gold ground

Fra Angelico Saint Alexander, ca. 1425 The Met

A tree with emerald-green leaves and laden with white blossoms grows in a dirt field, and is silhouetted against a vibrant blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dabs and strokes.

Camille Pissarro Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes, 1872 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. Showing 1 to 48 of 2,066.

A River in a Meadow, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1840, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau A River in a Meadow, ca. 1840 The Met

Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea Whisks, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802, ink and light color on paper

Katsushika Hokusai Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea Whisks, c. 1802 Art Institute of Chicago

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

We look across the tops of trees down onto the roofs of a cluster of buildings and then a grassy expanse, a body of water, and rolling hills in this notably wide landscape painting. The trees are painted with shades of pine and olive green.

Théodore Rousseau Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle, c. 1830 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a young woman with pale skin and flushed cheeks looks at us, wearing a long, shimmering white dress partially draped with powder-blue fabric in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Mary Crowninshield Endicott Chamberlain (Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain), 1902 National Gallery of Art

The Artist in His Studio, James McNeill Whistler, 1865–66, oil on paper mounted on panel

James McNeill Whistler The Artist in His Studio, 1865–66 Art Institute of Chicago

Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Francesco Guardi, 1763, oil on wood

Francesco Guardi Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, 1763 The Met

This painting shows a seated woman, her body turned slightly to the left and her head turned towards us. She is holding a small white mask in her right hand, balancing it on one of her knees.

Thomas Wilmer Dewing Lady with a Mask, 1911 National Gallery of Art

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

Joseph Gerrish, John Singleton Copley, 1770, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Joseph Gerrish, 1770 Art Institute of Chicago

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, William Hogarth, 1729, oil on canvas

William Hogarth The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729 The Met

The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, Camille Corot, c. 1860–75, oil on fabric

Camille Corot The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, c. 1860–75 Cleveland Museum 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

Child with Blond Hair, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895/1900, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Child with Blond Hair, 1895/1900 National Gallery of Art

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

Worthington Whittredge The Camp Meeting, 1874 The Met

Two women, a man, and three small children gather around a baby sleeping in a wicker cradle near an open window in this horizontal painting. The people all have pale skin with rosy cheeks.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Visit to the Nursery, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

A white dog spotted with caramel-brown and with long, floppy ears sits in a garden setting near a green park bench in this loosely painted vertical portrait.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The Artist's Dog Flèche, c. 1881 National Gallery of Art

Spanish Landscape, John Singer Sargent, 1879–80, oil on wood

John Singer Sargent Spanish Landscape, 1879–80 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

Young Woman in White Holding a Bouquet, Alfred Stevens, c. 1865/1875, oil on wood

Alfred Stevens Young Woman in White Holding a Bouquet, c. 1865/1875 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a landscape with people at a campsite in the foreground. There are tents under trees, a plain leading to a hill in the background, and more hills further away.

George Catlin Expedition Encamped on a Texas Prairie. April 1686, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

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

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

Jean-François Millet Garden Scene, 1854 The Met

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625 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

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

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

Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silver Sea), James McNeill Whistler, 1865, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silver Sea), 1865 Art Institute of Chicago

This is a painting with a central focus on a bison being pursued by a figure on horseback. The scene is set in a grassy prairie under a cloudy sky.

George Catlin Buffalo Chase, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art

Sunlight, Théodore Rousseau, c. 1848/1850, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau Sunlight, c. 1848/1850 National Gallery of Art

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

Study of Two Bedouins, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Study of Two Bedouins, 1905–6 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting depicts a seated woman looking off to the left, resting her head on her right hand, our left, with her elbow on an abstract green surface.

Joshua Reynolds Annetta Coke, 1758 National Gallery of Art

Woman with a Rake, Jean-François Millet, probably 1856–57, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Woman with a Rake, probably 1856–57 The Met

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

Venice: The Rialto, Francesco Guardi, 1763, oil on wood

Francesco Guardi Venice: The Rialto, 1763 The Met

A butter-yellow sky fills the top two-thirds of this square landscape painting while in the bottom third, a brown structure is surrounded by golden yellow and pine-green forms like clouds.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Evening of the Deluge, c. 1843 National Gallery of Art

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

Gustave Courbet After the Hunt, ca. 1859 The Met

A young woman with pale, peachy skin, wearing a long, flowing white dress, stands in front of a white curtain in this vertical portrait painting. Her auburn-red hair cascades down over and behind her shoulders.

James McNeill Whistler Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, 1861-1863, 1872 National Gallery of Art

View of Lormes, Camille Corot, early 1840s, oil on canvas

Camille Corot View of Lormes, early 1840s The Met

This painting shows a group of potted pansies. There is a large basket filled with yellow pansies on the left, surrounded by at least four smaller terracotta pots on the right containing purple, white, blue, and orange pansies.

Henri Fantin-Latour Pansies, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Boboli Garden, Florence, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1906–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper, mounted on board

John Singer Sargent Boboli Garden, Florence, ca. 1906–7 The Met

Sunrise, George Inness, 1887, oil on canvas

George Inness Sunrise, 1887 The Met

Madame Edouard Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906), Édouard Manet, ca. 1873, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Madame Edouard Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906), ca. 1873 The Met

An Old Chapel in a Valley, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1835, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau An Old Chapel in a Valley, ca. 1835 The Met

Dense and varied landscape with open fields, groves of bushy trees, and a row of thin conifers. A light-blue river tranverses the canvas, and a church steeple emerges from the trees at left of center.

Édouard Vuillard Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

The Titan's Goblet, Thomas Cole, 1833, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Titan's Goblet, 1833 The Met

Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Albert Bierstadt, 1866, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1866 The Met

Neutral with your wall

Quiet palettes that neither match nor fight this color, the softest first. The strongest 24 of 215.

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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