Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Cool grey

#8C92AC

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Cool grey (#8C92AC) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Paul Mathiopoulos, Paul Leroy, and Francis Danby and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 21% of the canvas, with cool grey at 7%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Smoky black (#100C08), Khaki (#C3B091), and Drab dark brown (#4A412A).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Cool grey

The Villa Malta, Rome palette card
The Villa Malta, Rome
Frederic Leighton · 1865
Party wall palette card
Party wall
Paul Gauguin · 1881
The Hills of Cagnes palette card
The Hills of Cagnes
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pine and Aqueduct palette card
Pine and Aqueduct
Paul Cezanne · 1900
The Seine at Bougival palette card
The Seine at Bougival
Alfred Sisley · 1876
Fallen Angel palette card
Fallen Angel
Alexandre Cabanel · 1847

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Cool grey

6 master palettes where Bistre and Cool grey appear together most prominently.

Paul Mathiopoulos Master Palette - Muted Tawny

Paul Mathiopoulos

17.5% Bistre · 10.0% Cool grey

Luminism Palette 16 - Shadowed Parchment

Luminism

15.4% Bistre · 9.9% Cool grey

Paul Leroy Palette 4 - Muted Tawny

Paul Leroy

27.4% Bistre · 5.5% Cool grey

Francis Danby Palette 5 - Penumbral Bister

Francis Danby

30.4% Bistre · 4.3% Cool grey

Charles Caryl Coleman Master Palette - Penumbral Parchment

Charles Caryl Coleman

25.0% Bistre · 5.0% Cool grey

Robert Henry Roe Master Palette - Veiled Tawny

Robert Henry Roe

12.5% Bistre · 10.0% Cool grey

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