Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Black olive

#3B3C36

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Black olive (#3B3C36) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Jonathan Richardson, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Jacob Huysmans and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 26% of the canvas, with black olive at 18%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Khaki (#C3B091), and Shadow (#8A795D).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Black olive

Standing Female Nude Seen from the Back palette card
Standing Female Nude Seen from the Back
Max Pietschmann · 1910
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581 palette card
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581
Ilya Repin · 1883
Painter kisses the model palette card
Painter kisses the model
Felix Schlesinger
Rest on the Flight into Egypt palette card
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Death of Marc Antony palette card
Death of Marc Antony
Pompeo Batoni · 1763
The Judgment of Paris palette card
The Judgment of Paris
Peter Paul Rubens · 1625

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Black olive

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

Jonathan Richardson Palette 2 - Tenebrous Bister

Jonathan Richardson

29.8% Bistre · 18.6% Black olive

Hyacinthe Rigaud Palette 3 - Penumbral Sienna

Hyacinthe Rigaud

26.4% Bistre · 20.3% Black olive

Jacob Huysmans Palette 4 - Tenebrous Sienna

Jacob Huysmans

27.8% Bistre · 15.2% Black olive

Enrico Nardi Palette 7 - Penumbral Bister

Enrico Nardi

23.5% Bistre · 17.2% Black olive

Ulrika Pasch Palette 2 - Penumbral Bister

Ulrika Pasch

27.6% Bistre · 14.5% Black olive

Bertha Wegmann Palette 3 - Tenebrous Bister

Bertha Wegmann

20.5% Bistre · 19.3% Black olive

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