Muted Tones

The palette stays soft and subdued throughout, with figures, streets, gardens and quiet still lifes rendered in gentle, dusty tones rather than anything bold. Portraits, riverside views and studies of fruit or moths share this same hushed restraint, giving a calm, unforced mood. Muted tones like these settle easily into a living room or spa.

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A painted illustration of a small house with turquoise and yellow walls and a red door, flanked by weathered fences against a gray sky.
Dobee Snowber
Leave the Lights On
Mixed media

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Woodblock print depicting a crowd with umbrellas on a beach below cliffs, with boats on blue water and sunset sky.
Andō Hiroshige
Opening Celebration of Benzaiten Shrine at Enoshima

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Japanese woodblock print depicting a spring landscape with blooming cherry trees, a bridge, water, buildings, and Mount Fuji in the distance.
Andō Hiroshige
Evening Glow at Koganei Bridge
1838

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Japanese woodblock print depicting a crowded beach celebration with Mount Fuji in the background and sailing boats on blue water.
Andō Hiroshige
Opening Celebration of Benzaiten Shrine at Enoshima

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Japanese woodblock print depicting mountainous landscape with green peaks, scattered pine trees, a winding path, and pink-toned sky at dusk.
Ando Hiroshige II
Kanesaka of Tanba

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A snowy landscape with women holding umbrellas near a bridge over blue water, mountains in the background, and buildings on the right.
Oda Kazuma
Matsuye Bridge in Snow (Matsuye Ohashi)
1924 · Color woodblock print

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Japanese woodblock print showing a rainy harbor scene with boats, a wooden structure, and figures viewing the waterfront in blue and brown tones.
Oda Kazuma
View of Mihonoseki, Izumo
1925 · Color woodblock print

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A coastal beach scene with beachgoers, sandy shore, blue water, and tree-lined hills under an overcast sky.
Tom Roberts
Holiday sketch at Coogee
1888 · oil

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A moody industrial landscape depicting a train with smoke billowing near a distant cityscape silhouetted against a hazy sky, rendered in dark browns and pale yellows.
Tom Roberts
Evening train to Hawthorn
1889 · oil on cedar panel

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A riverside landscape depicting a small settlement with white buildings nestled beneath dense green vegetation along a brown waterway under a blue sky.
Tom Roberts
The camp, Sirius Cove
1899 · oil on canvas on paperboard

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A 19th-century landscape painting depicting a coastal bay with boats, buildings, figures, and dense trees under a partly cloudy sky.
Tom Roberts (1856-1931)
Mosman’s Bay
1894 · oil

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A brown ceramic pitcher containing red, yellow, and blue flowers against a dark background on a light surface.
Odilon Redon
A Pitcher of Flowers

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A dark vase containing yellow flowers and leafy stems with blue flowers scattered in the lower left against a pale beige background.
Odilon Redon
Flowers in a Black Vase
1909 · pastel on paper

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A dark blue vase containing yellow sunflowers, red and pink flowers, and green foliage against a pale beige background.
Odilon Redon
Vase De Fleurs

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A coastal village with stone buildings sits along a sandy beach beside calm blue-green water under a pale blue sky.
Odilon Redon
Village by the Sea in Brittany
1880 · oil on cardboard on hardboard

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Japanese woodblock print depicting figures crossing an arched bridge over a river with autumn maple leaves in greens, blues, and earth tones.
Katsushika Hokusai
Autumn Maple Leaves on the Tsutaya River
Woodblock print

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Japanese woodblock print depicting a hillside landscape with blooming cherry trees, figures in traditional dress, buildings, water, and Mount Fuji in the distance.
Katsushika Hokusai
Goten-yama Hill, at Shinagawa on the Tokaido
1830 · Color woodblock print

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A large brown lobster with long antennae dominates the composition, accompanied by smaller shrimp rendered in pale gray and brown tones against a light blue background.
Andō Hiroshige
Shrimp and lobster
1835 · Woodcut

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Five river trout arranged diagonally across blue water with Japanese calligraphy and red seals on a light blue background.
Andō Hiroshige
River Trout
Color woodblock print

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Japanese woodblock print depicting two bowls with New Year foods, chopsticks, and calligraphic text in black ink on cream paper, featuring red, blue, and white colors.
Teisai Hokuba
Bowl of New Year Food
1808 · color woodblock print

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Ukiyo-e print depicting fireworks exploding above boats on a river with a wooden bridge, predominantly featuring gray, blue, and gold tones.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Fireworks at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1858 · Color woodblock print; oban

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A celestial map depicts the northern hemispheres with mythological figures, cherubs, and zodiac symbols in red, blue, gold, and gray tones.
Andreas Cellarius
Spherical scenography of both the celestial and terrestrial northern hemispheres, Plate 25, from Harmonia Macrocosmica
Hand coloured engraving

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A six-panel folding screen depicting white and red flowers with green foliage and bamboo stalks against a pale cream background.
Kano Shigenobu
Bamboo and Poppies II
pair of six-panel screens; ink, color and gold on paper

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A celestial diagram showing Earth's position within concentric spheres, surrounded by allegorical figures in clouds, rendered in muted blues, greens, and earth tones.
Andreas Cellarius
Plate 11 from Harmonia Macrocosmica

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