Paintings for Powder Blue Walls

Airy and nursery-friendly; skies and seascapes echo it.

Powder Blue #BCD4E6

Warm yellows contrast; blues echo.

Echoes your wall 167
Contrasts with your wall 1,950
Neutral with your wall 257

Boy in a Blue Coat, George Bellows 24 × 36 in portrait print (61 × 91 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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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 167.

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

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

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

Painted almost entirely in tones of topaz, lapis, and sky blue, the façade of a building abutting a waterway fills this horizontal painting. Brushstrokes are visible throughout and they blend to make the scene appear hazy.

Claude Monet Palazzo da Mula, Venice, 1908 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

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

Shown from the chest up, a man with short, orange hair and green-tinted, pale skin looks at us, wearing a vivid blue painter's smock in this vertical portrait painting.

Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait, 1889 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

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

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

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

People walk, sit, or stand on a plaza along a canal lined on the far side with buildings in this horizontal landscape painting.

Bernardo Bellotto The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1743/1747 National Gallery of Art

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

Still Life with Teapot and Fruit, Paul Gauguin, 1896, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Still Life with Teapot and Fruit, 1896 The Met

Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, 1887, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers, 1887 The Met

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

Painting of a light-skinned woman dressed in a gauzy white gown with black trim playing an upright paino.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman at the Piano, 1875–76 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Lion on the Watch, Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1885, oil on wood panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Lion on the Watch, c. 1885 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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

A woman sitting close to us in front of a deep landscape holds up a white cloth with the image of a man’s face on it in this vertical painting. The woman and the image on the cloth both have pale skin, hooded eyes, and long, straight noses.

Hans Memling Saint Veronica [obverse], c. 1470/1475 National Gallery of Art

Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea, James McNeill Whistler, 1893, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea, 1893 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

Mottled, geometric shapes painted in shades of peanut brown, beige, grass and spruce green, smoky gray, golden and buttercup yellow, and topaz and lapis blue are arranged across this wide, horizontal, abstract painting.

Roger de La Fresnaye The Watering Can (Emblems: The Garden), 1913 National Gallery of Art

Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

Paul Cézanne The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

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 1,950.

Three light-skinned men, one with his head and knee bandaged, sit and stand around a rusty, free-standing stove in a room with wide plank floors in this horizontal painting.

William Sidney Mount The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern, 1837 National Gallery of Art

Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1734, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Kitchen Utensils with Leeks, Fish, and Eggs, c. 1734 Cleveland Museum of Art

A man with pale white skin sits and a man with light brown skin stands in front of a cave-like, rocky outcropping in this vertical portrait painting.

Benjamin West Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), 1776 National Gallery of Art

The head and chest of a man with pale pink skin, a honey-blond beard, and curly, mahogany-brown hair around a receding hairline fills this vertical portrait painting.

Peter Paul Rubens Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620 National Gallery of Art

Storm in the Mountains, Frederic Edwin Church, 1847, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Storm in the Mountains, 1847 Cleveland Museum of Art

Samson Captured by the Philistines, Guercino, 1619, oil on canvas

Guercino Samson Captured by the Philistines, 1619 The Met

Arched Doorway, John Singer Sargent, 1895–1908 (?), watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Arched Doorway, 1895–1908 (?) The Met

The Agony in the Garden, Nicolas Poussin, 1626–27, oil on copper

Nicolas Poussin The Agony in the Garden, 1626–27 The Met

Two Men Contemplating the Moon, Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1825–30, oil on canvas

Caspar David Friedrich Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca. 1825–30 The Met

Painting of several light-skinned people gathered around a table in front of a gilded mirror, playing instruments. At left, seated next to a woman in an off-the-shoulder gown, a man in a plumed hat plays a lute.

Jan Steen The Family Concert, 1666 Art Institute of Chicago

The painting shows a woman's figure from the waist up, seated, and her body is turned slightly to our left. Her head is turned to face the viewer.

Charles Willson Peale Rebecca Bryan White (Mrs. John White), 1788 National Gallery of Art

Light from the upper left falls across a glass, a pitcher, peaches in a basket, and other fruit arranged along a brown tabletop or ledge in this horizontal still life painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Fruit, Jug, and a Glass, c. 1726/1728 National Gallery of Art

Feast of the Gods, Honoré Daumier, c. 1849/1850, with later additions by other hands, oil on wood

Honoré Daumier Feast of the Gods, c. 1849/1850, with later additions by other hands National Gallery of Art

Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, Jean-François Millet, 1864, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864 Art Institute of Chicago

An older man with a tanned skin and a white beard is shown from the waist up against a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our right but he turns his head to look to our left.

Titian Doge Andrea Gritti, c. 1546/1550 National Gallery of Art

The head and shoulders of a young woman with gold-tinted, pale skin looks out over our right shoulder from against a tomato-red background in this vertical painting.

James McNeill Whistler Alice Butt, c. 1895 National Gallery of Art

Ruin by the Sea, Arnold Böcklin, 1881, oil on fabric

Arnold Böcklin Ruin by the Sea, 1881 Cleveland Museum of Art

This drawing shows the faint outline of a domed building. The representation is minimalistic, with few details of the building shown besides the dome and vertical lines that might suggest columns.

Thomas Cole Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design, c. 1838 National Gallery of Art

A man looks up as he kneels with his hands clasped in prayer in a small golden boat on a river that rushes toward craggy rocks in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Manhood, 1842 National Gallery of Art

Young Girl Meditating, Thomas Eakins, 1877, watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper

Thomas Eakins Young Girl Meditating, 1877 The Met

Landscape (The Lock), John Constable, c. 1820–25, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape (The Lock), c. 1820–25 Art Institute of Chicago

Figures and a Dog in a Landscape, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1852, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Figures and a Dog in a Landscape, 1852 The Met

A woman playing a lute sits next to a table, on which a man perches and leans toward her in this vertical painting. Two people look on from the background. All the people have pale skin.

Jan Steen Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson), 1667 National Gallery of Art

Riter Fitzgerald, Thomas Eakins, 1895, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Riter Fitzgerald, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

The Return of Persephone, Frederic Leighton, ca. 1890–91, oil on canvas

Frederic Leighton The Return of Persephone, ca. 1890–91 The Met

This painting shows a serene forest setting with a wide, shallow stream flowing gently towards us. The scene is enclosed by tall trees on either side.

Worthington Whittredge Trout Brook in the Catskills, 1875 National Gallery of Art

A large, dark sailing ship to our left is stranded near the shore, angled dramatically away from us, in choppy waves under a periwinkle-blue sky streaked with gray and copper-colored clouds in this horizontal painting.

Asher Brown Durand The Stranded Ship, 1844 National Gallery of Art

Saint Andrew, Simone Martini, ca. 1326, tempera on wood, gold ground

Simone Martini Saint Andrew, ca. 1326 The Met

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Head of a Young Girl, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

A man and woman greet each other at the center of a group of about a dozen people set within a landscape in this horizontal painting. All the people have pale, peachy skin.

Peter Paul Rubens The Meeting of David and Abigail, c. 1630 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shins up, a woman with medium-toned skin plays a mandolin in this loosely painted vertical composition. The woman’s body faces us but her head tips to our left and she looks down in that direction with dark eyes.

Camille Corot Gypsy Woman with Mandolin, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman in a voluminous rust-orange dress stands facing us in this vertical portrait painting. She looks toward us but slightly down with dark brown eyes under curved brows.

Edgar Degas Girl in Red, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

Near a verdant riverbank against soaring, hazy cliffs, a nude, chubby baby sits in a golden boat on a bed of pink and white flowers in this horizontal painting.

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842 National Gallery of Art

A partially nude woman with pale, peachy skin sits to our left looking into a mirror held up by a nearly nude, winged child to our right in this vertical painting.

Titian Venus with a Mirror, c. 1555 National Gallery of Art

The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, Nicolas Poussin, c. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, c. 1627 Cleveland Museum of Art

Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears, ca. 1885 The Met

A heronǳ silhouette sits amongst the brush in a golden hued forest.

George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

A woman and child stand in an enclosed courtyard in this vertical painting.

Pieter de Hooch Woman and Child in a Courtyard, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy, Thomas Eakins, probably 1877, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy, probably 1877 National Gallery of Art

A pensive faced woman sits, slightly hunched, holding a book.

Camille Corot Interrupted Reading, c. 1870 Art Institute of Chicago

Boy Drinking, Annibale Carracci, 1582–83, oil on canvas

Annibale Carracci Boy Drinking, 1582–83 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1751–52, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia, ca. 1751–52 The Met

Shown from the lap up, a woman with pale skin wearing a white satin dress and tall white bonnet sits sewing with her body facing our left in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), 1793/1794 National Gallery of Art

The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo, ca. 1765–68 The Met

Small in scale within a towering room, a man wearing a white and gold robe sits or stands on a high, covered throne, surrounded by dozens of men in this nearly square painting.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel, 1814 National Gallery of Art

Two ships and two sailboats, all with full sails, float on a gently rippling body of water in front of a pale pastel-shaded sky in this horizontal painting.

Fitz Henry Lane Becalmed off Halfway Rock, 1860 National Gallery of Art

Weaning the Calves, Rosa Bonheur, 1879, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur Weaning the Calves, 1879 The Met

A balding, older man sits in a golden boat guided by a winged angel away from craggy rocks to calm waters, toward a shaft of light piercing a billowing bank of clouds in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Old Age, 1842 National Gallery of Art

Neutral with your wall

Quiet palettes that neither match nor fight this color, the softest first. The strongest 24 of 257.

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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