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<b>Some of these are for hanging on museum walls, others are for painting your bathroom walls.</b>

Some of these are for hanging on museum walls, others are for painting your bathroom walls.

Is This A Work Of Contemporary Art Or Just A Paint Swatch From Home Depot?

This is one of Ad Reinhardt's "black paintings." If you look closely, you can see some variations in shade around the borders.   
[Source](http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78976)

Modern art!

Modern art or paint swatch?

This is Behr's "Warm Terra Cotta."[Source](http://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-Premium-Plus-8-oz-PMD-11-Warm-Terra-Cotta-Interior-Exterior-Paint-Sample-PMD-11PP/202177907?N=buckZ1z13qy0#.Up1VvmRDtbs)

Paint swatch!

It's Glidden's "Spring Green."[Source](http://www.homedepot.com/p/Glidden-Premium-8-oz-Spring-Green-Interior-Paint-Tester-GLG03-D8/202509880?N=buckZ1z13wpt%3FNao%3D72#.Up1VCmRDtbs)

This is _Nebraska_, painted in 1966 by Brice Marden.  
MoMA / [Source](http://nymag.com/arts/art/reviews/24373/index1.html)

Yves Klein is famous for developing his own shade of blue, displayed here in _Blue Monochrome_.  
[Source](http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=80103)

Agnes Martin's _Milk River_, created in 1963.  
[Source](http://whitney.org/Collection/AgnesMartin/)

This is "Aged Beige" by Behr.  
[Source](http://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-Premium-Plus-Ultra-8-oz-UL170-10-Aged-Beige-Interior-Exterior-Paint-Sample-UL170-10/202180142?N=buckZ1z140hb#.Up1UXWRDtbs)

This is YOLO Colorhouse's "Create .01." Yes, their name is "YOLO."[Source](http://www.homedepot.com/p/YOLO-Colorhouse-12-in-x-16-in-Create-01-Pre-Painted-Big-Chip-Sample-222212/202337589?N=buckZ1z13qy0#.Up1WUmRDtbs)

The terrifically named "Arrowhead Lake" from Behr.  
[Source](http://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-Premium-Plus-Ultra-8-oz-PPU14-1-Arrowhead-Lake-Interior-Exterior-Paint-Sample-UL20316/204107109?N=buckZ1z13o8j#.Up1XRGRDtbs)

This green canvas is _Ohne Titel_ by Olivier Mosset.  
[Source](https://auctionthing.net/771/Olivier-Mosset--Ohne-Titel)

It's Glidden's "Driftwood Gray," from their Martha Stewart collection.  
[Source](http://www.homedepot.com/p/Glidden-DUO-8-oz-MSL265-Martha-Stewart-Living-Driftwood-Gray-Interior-Paint-Sample-GLD-MSL265/203448434?N=buckZ1z13zy8#.Up1XzmRDtbs)

Another Yves Klein, this time with a plate from the book _Monochrome und Feuer_.  
[Source](http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=157053)

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