Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Cornsilk

#FFF8DC

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Cornsilk (#FFF8DC) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Ivan Mrkvička, Arturo Michelena, and N.C. Wyeth and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 15% of the canvas, with cornsilk at 8%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Smoky black (#100C08), Metallic Sunburst (#9C7C38), and Misty moss (#BBB477).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Cornsilk

The Mountain of the Holy palette card
The Mountain of the Holy
Thomas Moran
Summer Storm palette card
Summer Storm
Alexander Helwig Wyant · 1865
The spanish ballet palette card
The spanish ballet
Edouard Manet · 1862
Violet Sargent palette card
Violet Sargent
John Singer Sargent · 1887
Single Items palette card
Single Items
Raphael Kirchner
Orestes Pursued by the Furies palette card
Orestes Pursued by the Furies
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1862

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Cornsilk

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

Ivan Mrkvička Palette 2 - Veiled Caramel

Ivan Mrkvička

15.1% Bistre · 14.2% Cornsilk

Arturo Michelena Palette 1 - Muted Apricot

Arturo Michelena

11.8% Bistre · 11.3% Cornsilk

N.C. Wyeth Palette 1 - Soft Calico

N.C. Wyeth

15.9% Bistre · 7.5% Cornsilk

Sanford Robinson Gifford Palette 1 - Soft Apricot

Sanford Robinson Gifford

11.9% Bistre · 10.0% Cornsilk

Antoine Watteau Palette 1 - Gleaming Champagne

Antoine Watteau

26.1% Bistre · 3.7% Cornsilk

Sebastien Bourdon Palette 1 - Shadowed Caramel

Sebastien Bourdon

11.6% Bistre · 4.0% Cornsilk

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