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Figurative Paintings For Sale
DAY ON THE RIVER, LOVE NATURE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made by DarIa Kusto and Angel Rivas and signed by both
Shipped rolled in a tube, without frame!
4cm/2" extra of white edge around the painting surface
Can make commissione...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Permanent Marker
"Parisian Street Scene w Horse & Carriage" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of Paris at twilight. This piece is a pertinent example of the works produced during the 20th Century by the artist with use of beautiful co...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Poor Girl – An Early Genre Scene by Julius Kronberg, 1873
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small, tenderly rendered painting— titled The Poor Girl (Den fattiga flickan)—offers a rare glimpse into Julius Kronberg’s early period, when he w...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Still Life Autumn Blooms in a Blue Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Blooms in a Blue Vase
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 10 x 8 inches
Inscribed verso
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$637 Sale Price
30% Off
"Flemish genre tavern scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist
17th-Century Tavern Scene
Oil on canvas
Framed: 113 x 103 cm Canvas: 96 x 91 cm
This 17th-century oil painting captures a lively tavern scene, a popular subject in Dutch and Flemish genre painting of the Golden Age. The composition is rich in character and storytelling, depicting a group of men engaged in a card game, with coins, letters, and drinks scattered across the table. A standing woman, possibly a barmaid or concerned onlooker, leans in, while a man enters from the left, holding his hat and appearing amused by the game. In the foreground, a small child tends to a jug and tankard, adding a touch of humor and domestic realism.
Executed in oil on canvas, the painting showcases earthy, warm tones and rich chiaroscuro, emphasizing the candlelit glow of the scene. The artist masterfully captures the textures of fabrics, wood, and metal, giving depth and dimension to the environment. The expressive faces and animated gestures highlight the social interactions typical of Dutch and Flemish tavern paintings...
Category
17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walking around the city with a friend
Located in Zofingen, AG
A modern urban scene brought to life in oil on canvas: a confident young woman walks her happy Golden Retriever along a city street lined with skyscrapers reflecting the sunset. The ...
Category
2010s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Stuart Somerville oil painting, Portrait study of a nude black woman
By Stuart Somerville
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really striking and stylish portrait of a young black woman, painted with great panache and intimacy. Very attractively presented in a matt and silver frame: ready to hang.
Stuart...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
$1,233 Sale Price
68% Off
Mid Century French Portrait Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Dated 1946
Size: 12 (hei...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
$147 Sale Price
30% Off
Early 1900's French Impressionist Oil Sketch Quiet Venetian Backwater Canal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Venice
by Etienne Auguste Krier ( French, 1875 - 1953)
oil on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 7.5 inches
board: 8 x 6 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Winter Comes Early" Bucks County PA Snow Creek Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a colorful quaint creek snow scene with homes in the distance. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic wa...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Heartstrings" by Jon Wassom - Mixed Media Figurative Painting, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s "Heartstrings" is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 16 inches. This striking composition explores themes of intimacy, emotion, and human connect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
$1,540 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pyroclastic Nothing- 21st Century Contemporary landscape painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joost Verhagen
A Pyroclastic Nothing
100 x 140 cm
Acrylic paint on canvas
Shipping on a roll in a tube we can offer, worldwide, for free. We also ship worldwide in a wooden crate, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Italian Naive Colorful Dining Out Interior Scene Painting By P.Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3464 Naive contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas applied to a board,
set in a black -wood frame painting,
signed by Neapolitan artist P.Russo.
Image size 9.75 H x 13 W
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Huge Antique Dutch Old Master Oil Painting The Jewish Bridge after Rembrandt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Jewish Bridge
antique Dutch School, after the 1660's oil painting by Rembrandt (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
oil painting on canvas, framed in its antique gilt frame with ornate mould...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,384 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century French Stylish Woman Posed at the Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$171 Sale Price
30% Off
'Golden Tranquility' Forest Lake Scene by American Postwar 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
'Golden Tranquility' Forest Lake Scene by American Postwar 20th Century Artist, Phillip Cantrell, born in 1922. Original, Signed, Landscape, Vintage Oil Painting.
Art measures 16 x...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Original East Anglian oil painting Post Impressionist English Landscape c.1975
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Anthony Atkinson (1920-2015) English
TITLE: "Pastoral Landscape"
SIGNED: lower Right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 57cm x 47cm
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Painter, teacher an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, Ballet Dance Class, Studio Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Scene Painting of a Young Girl's Ballet Dance Class by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 18” x 26”, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peasant Family oil on canvas painting Andalucia Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Peasant Family
Artist: Jesús Villar (1930–2015)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 120 x 90 cm (47.2 x 35.4 in)
Support: Canvas on wooden stretcher
Signature: Signed in th...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Woman Portrait Oil Painting, coastal setting, French School, Fisherwoman
Located in AIGNAN, FR
This is a rare, stunning oil painting on stretched canvas of a woman in a landscape/beachscape coastal scene collecting what looks to be oysters in her basket. She walks up the bea...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woodland Lake Landscape Scene entitled “Golden Serenity” by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Woodland Lake Landscape Scene entitled “Golden Serenity” by 20th Century Artist, Irene Cafieri. Original Vintage Oil Painting.
Art measures 24 x 20 inc...
Category
20th Century Land Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traditional 19th Century English Victorian Signed Oil Painting Rural Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Pathway
English School, 19th century
signed 'G. Thompson'
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 28 inches
canvas: 16 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Cond...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angelic -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Nature, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Josue M Pierre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French school Still Life Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Still Life painting from C Romey⬅️
This is a still-life painting depicting a variety of fruits spilling from a wicker basket onto a table with a white and red cloth. The artwork f...
Category
20th Century Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$408 Sale Price
75% Off
Antique Naked Woman French oil painting post impressionist female nude interior
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique naked woman, nude oil painting, post impressionist female nude signed and dated oil painting by French artist Fernand Labat, Nude in ...
Category
1920s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 12.5 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Picnic Scene" Paulette Van Roekens, Impressionist Scene, Leisure, Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
Paulette Van Roekens
Picnic Scene
Signed lower center
Oil on canvas
12 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches
Painter Paulette van Roekens was born in France and attended the Philadelphia School of D...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Subway no. 4 - Beijing
Located in Burlingame, CA
BING ZHANG's Subway no. 4, 48 x 48 inches, oil on canvas. Proudly presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California.
Bing Zhang’s Subway painting series explores themes of class, labo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strand In Story (Where I Fit In) - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Mural Study
Oil on board
Signed and inscribed verso
9.5 x 18 inches
15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed
Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"St. Patrick's Cathedral" Impressionist Snow Street Scene Oil on Canvas Board
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting St. Patrick's Cathedral in the snow. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest Roman Cath...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Baroque Italian painter - 17th century landscape painting - Fishermen
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th-18th century) - River landscape with fishermen.
93.5 x 127.5 cm without frame, 102 x 137 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (not signed).
...
Category
Late 17th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century French Rococo Old Master Ink Drawing Nativity Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Birth
French Rococo School, mid 18th century
sepia ink on paper over board, framed behind glass.
framed: 13 x 11 inches
painting : 8 x 6 inches
Provenance: private collection, B...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$1,569 Sale Price
30% Off
Oil Painting On Canvas, Mixed Media, Contemporary Art. “Blue dream”
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Constructive figurative oil painting on canvas in mixed technique with blue and violet tones. It is part of a series where I explore the relationships between animals and humans. It ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Charcoal, Pen
French Contemporary Art Richard Boigeol - Crevette Maillot
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Richard Boigeol is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Marseille, France. Since childhood, it is with papers for drawing that Richard Boigeol express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing vesse...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
In The Making 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Abstract, Colour Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
By and by
Too many thoughts rooted in my soul
So many memories, the good and the bad
They all shaped me.
Colourful in a wink, darkness looted.
But when it's all going grey, it shine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Invictus - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural Commentary, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice" Raymond Allègre (1857-1933)
By Allegre Raymond
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice"
Raymond Allègre (France, 1857-1933)
Circa 1900
Oil on wood panel
Signed lower left
13 1/2 x 9 (22 1/2 x 17 frame) inches
The saturate...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Tranquil Twilight" (2024) by Devin Michael Roberts, Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Devin Michael Roberts' (US based) "Tranquil Twilight" is an oil painting depicting a lake with the moon reflecting off of it.
Artist bio/statement:
Devin Michael Roberts is an Ameri...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th Century British School Ship at Sea, Seascape Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century British School
Ship at Sea
Oil on canvas laid on panel
11 x 14.5 inches
14.5 x 18 inches, framed
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century Dutch, with figures goats and sheep outside in a barn yard or farm
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (Dutch School, late 18th century)
Pastoral Scene with Goatherds, ca. 1780–1800
Oil on canvas
In this lively pastoral composition, a group of figures reclines in rusti...
Category
1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French school Medieval scene Landscape Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Medieval scene from anonymous painter
⭐Structural Analysis :⭐
Medieval composition due to the tunic worn by the character (at the bottom of the painting) walking their dog. The cen...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars
$517 Sale Price
81% Off
"City Life at The Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flower Vendors at Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mirage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Huge British Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Bank Manager Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bank Manager
by Stuart Scott Somerville (1908-1983)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 56 x 47 inches
Canvas: 50 x 40 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nevaeh - Original Silver Leaf Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Evocation (Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Hudson River School inspired landscape painting of sunset with orange glow
“Evocation” painted by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams in 2014
oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches / 49.25 x 61.5 inches wi...
Category
2010s Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love Somebody Like You - Colorful Hyperrealist Floral Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by paintings created by old masters and the immersive nature she experienced in the Black Forest, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational hyperrealisti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reminds Me of Elementary School - Green Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Floral Still Life with Grapes and Bird's Nest Classic Composition of Peonies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Arrangement,
Continental School, late 20th century
most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School Road Line III New York City Impressionist Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
☀️⭐Road Line III ⭐☀️
Landscape - Sky scrappers, office- NYC Building avenue Painting with mirror effect
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden strecher frame ...
Category
1920s Tonalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Set of 4 - Doodle, drawing on paper by Philippe P.
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 drwaings
Posca on paper Canson 250gr.
Each drawing of Size A4
Hand-made painting from the imagination.
Original and unique work.
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Very Fine 1900's French Signed Oil Full Length Portrait Lady Reading in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady, reading in an interior
circa 1900-1920 period
by Louis Faille (French 1878-1964)
signed lower right corner
oil painting on canvas,
framed in original gilt, mould...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Harbor Scene from 1884
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Flodman (1863-1888) Swede
A Harbor Scene from 1884
oil on wood panel
signed and dated C.Flodman 84
unframed: 13 x 21 cm (5 1/8 x 8 1/4 in)
framed: 29 x 37.5 cm (11 3/8 x 14 3/...
Category
1880s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,714 Sale Price
20% Off
The Bridge Over the Sauceron at Nesles la Vallée (Val d'Oise) Maurice de Lambert
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Bridge upon the Sauceron at Nesles la Vallée (Val d'Oise), 1918"
Maurice Walter Edmond de Lambert (French, 1873-1952)
Oil on cardboard
Signed and dated lower right
10 3/4 x 8 3/...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Horses in the Lush Green English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Horses in the Lush Green English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures 25 x 21 inches
John Haskins is a ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
''Bowl with Gold'', Contemporary Still Life Painting with Porcelain Bowl
Located in Utrecht, NL
When you look at this painting "Bowl with Gold" by Dutch artist Sasja Wagenaar (1959) from a distance you see a perfectly painted image, but up close a generous paint streak is visib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
YVES DIEY The Nude, Oil on canvas, 1930s
By Yves Diey
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), France – The Nude. A striking oil on canvas by the renowned French artist Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), depicting a sensual and elegant nude. This wo...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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