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

A Man and a Woman with Two Dogs, Known as ‘Teasing the Pet’ palette card
A Man and a Woman with Two Dogs, Known as ‘Teasing the Pet’
Frans van Mieris the Elder · 1660
The Gate in the Rocks palette card
The Gate in the Rocks
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Riva degli Schiavoni palette card
Riva degli Schiavoni
Maurice Prendergast · 1898
The Villa Malta, Rome palette card
The Villa Malta, Rome
Frederic Leighton · 1865
Via della Bassata palette card
Via della Bassata
Raffaello Gambogi · 1920
River Bend in Normandy palette card
River Bend in Normandy
Gustave Loiseau · 1910

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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