Washington's Color Palette
Actually, this is the color palette of Rhode Island artist Gilbert Charles Stuart (1755-1828). Living through the American Revolution, then receiving the commission to paint the portrait of our first President summoned nothing but the highest standards of vision and excellence. Stuart's oil paint palette: Antwerp blue= Prussian Blue Oil Paint Yellow ocher=Yellow Ocher Oil Paint Vermilion=Vermilion Oil Paint Cadmium Red Light Oil Paint Madder lake=Alizarin Crimson Oil Paint Bu