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ACORN YELLOW
Benjamin Moore
Toasty tan-colored walls
wrap the large bedroom of
James Madison’s beloved
Montpelier.STEEPLE WHITE
Old Village Paint
This color fl ies high on the
bell tower of Philadelphia’s
Independence Hall.Paints with Provenance:
a Colorful History
WHISPER WHITE
Duron through
Sherwin-Williams
It took 570 gallons of
this classic white to give
Washington, D.C.’s White
House its signature look.ALABASTER
Sherwin-Williams
Grab your pitchfork. This
off -white mimics the
farmhouse famously depicted
in Grant Wood’s painting
American Gothic.BLACKENED
Farrow & Ball
Historically, the addition of
black pigment gathered from
the smoke of burning oil
lamps gave this cool white its
slight tinge of gray.MANOR HOUSE GRAY
Farrow & Ball
Throughout England, the
houses traditionally inhabited
by the local Lord were often
painted a true gray.ART DECO
California Paints
This orchid-hued lavender,
from the Historic Colors of
America collection, graced
bedrooms, bathrooms, and
kitchens of the 1930–40s.SWEET SHERRY
Pratt & Lambert
Inspired by Caribbean culture,
peachy C reole pink spans
the exterior of homes in cities
across the deep South.RITTENHOUSE RED
Old Village Paints
The rich barn red is found on
the doors and window trim
of the Fenno House, the oldest
building in Massachusetts’s
Old Sturbridge Village.CRABBY APPLE
Sherwin-Williams
Step atop this deep red on
the fl oors of poet Robert
Frost’s home in Derry, NH.CAYENNE
Sherwin-Williams
The exact terra-cotta color
seen throughout the Biltmore
Estate is a mix original to
the home, but this orange-red
delivers a close match.CAMEO AZALEA
Fine Paints of Europe
Dance the night away
surrounded by the fl attering
melon-y pink found in the
Cameo Ballroom of the
storied Greenbrier resort.Why pick any old color when you can choose a Thomas Jefferson–approved green or a
good-enough-for-The-Greenbrier pink? Here, 28 of our tried-and true favorites
produced by SARA CLARK