Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Black bean

#3D0C02

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Black bean (#3D0C02) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of John Ballantyne, Gerard David, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 21% of the canvas, with black bean at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Smoky black (#100C08), Eerie black (#1B1B1B), and Coyote brown (#81613C).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Black bean

Sts Mark, James and Jerome with the Dead Christ Borne by Angels palette card
Sts Mark, James and Jerome with the Dead Christ Borne by Angels
Paolo Veronese · 1581
Veiled Circassian Lady palette card
Veiled Circassian Lady
Jean-Leon Gerome · 1876
Rostov Veliky. Church on Ishna palette card
Rostov Veliky. Church on Ishna
Nicholas Roerich · 1903
Two young woman picking grapes (Study for „The vintage at Château Lagrange“) palette card
Two young woman picking grapes (Study for „The vintage at Château Lagrange“)
Jules Breton · 1862
Music in the Studio palette card
Music in the Studio
Gunnar Berndtson
Rump of Valencia palette card
Rump of Valencia
Joaquín Sorolla · 1906

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Black bean

6 master palettes where Bistre and Black bean appear together most prominently.

John Ballantyne Palette 5 - Nocturnal Umber

John Ballantyne

27.0% Bistre · 9.5% Black bean

Gerard David Palette 9 - Nocturnal Umber

Gerard David

18.3% Bistre · 12.7% Black bean

Elizabeth Jane Gardner Palette 6 - Shadowed Terracotta

Elizabeth Jane Gardner

21.7% Bistre · 10.5% Black bean

Joseph Highmore Master Palette - Shadowed Caramel

Joseph Highmore

16.7% Bistre · 13.3% Black bean

Thomas Stuart Smith Palette 9 - Abyssal Umber

Thomas Stuart Smith

29.0% Bistre · 6.7% Black bean

Amedeo Modigliani Palette 19 - Nocturnal Terracotta

Amedeo Modigliani

14.5% Bistre · 12.9% Black bean

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