Van Gogh’s color palette
Nine colors from three of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings. Free for Procreate, Adobe and print.
Van Gogh painted these in his last year and a half, at the asylum in Saint-Rémy and then in Auvers-sur-Oise. Blues and greens lead, with one warm mustard in the poplars.
The works and their colors
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Irises, 1890
Greige
#DAD3CC· Celadon#71AF8A· Denim#4D7499 -
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, 1889
Sage gray
#ACBCA1· Mustard#8C6209· Azure#3079B0 -
Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890
Pale sky
#A9C5CB· Leaf green#88AF4B· Deep teal#0E6C5A
What you get
Color palette · My Color Taste
Vincent van Gogh color palette
Saint-Rémy and Auvers, 1889–90. Three works, three colors each.
Irises1890
Greige#DAD3CC
RGB 218, 211, 204
Celadon#71AF8A
RGB 113, 175, 138
Denim#4D7499
RGB 77, 116, 153
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy1889
Sage gray#ACBCA1
RGB 172, 188, 161
Mustard#8C6209
RGB 140, 98, 9
Azure#3079B0
RGB 48, 121, 176
Green Wheat Fields, Auvers1890
Pale sky#A9C5CB
RGB 169, 197, 203
Leaf green#88AF4B
RGB 136, 175, 75
Deep teal#0E6C5A
RGB 14, 108, 90
Paintings: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Four free files. Choose the one you need:
- A one-page PDF to print or keep, like the page shown here
- Procreate swatches: tap the file on your iPad and the nine colors appear in your Palettes
- Adobe swatches (.ase) for Photoshop and Illustrator
- The hex codes in a text file, for Canva, Figma and the rest
No sign-up. Free to use in your own art, design and home projects. Please don’t resell the files. The paintings are in the public domain (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington).
More
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