Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Charcoal

#36454F

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Charcoal (#36454F) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Onofrio Gabrieli, James Hamilton, and Christian Köhler and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 24% of the canvas, with charcoal at 12%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Khaki (#C3B091), and Umber (#635147).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Charcoal

Mignon palette card
Mignon
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1869
The Princess Nazili Hanum palette card
The Princess Nazili Hanum
Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann · 1875
Excavation at Night palette card
Excavation at Night
George Bellows · 1908
Fair Rosamund (study) palette card
Fair Rosamund (study)
John William Waterhouse · 1916
Stary Krym palette card
Stary Krym
Konstantin Bogaevsky · 1903
Isle of Brehat palette card
Isle of Brehat
Maxime Maufra · 1892

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Charcoal

6 master palettes where Bistre and Charcoal appear together most prominently.

James Hamilton Palette 6 - Nocturnal Ash

James Hamilton

18.2% Bistre · 24.3% Charcoal

Christian Köhler Palette 1 - Veiled Tawny

Christian Köhler

17.1% Bistre · 15.3% Charcoal

Onofrio Gabrieli Palette 1 - Shadowed Umber

Onofrio Gabrieli

30.7% Bistre · 8.0% Charcoal

Onofrio Gabrieli Master Palette - Shadowed Umber

Onofrio Gabrieli

30.7% Bistre · 8.0% Charcoal

Gesina ter Borch Master Palette - Muted Tawny

Gesina ter Borch

20.0% Bistre · 10.0% Charcoal

Rosa Bonheur Palette 6 - Weathered Shale

Rosa Bonheur

29.9% Bistre · 6.3% Charcoal

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