Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Davy's grey

#555555

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Davy's grey (#555555) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Jean-François Bosio, Willem van Aelst, and Christian Ezdorf and the Neoclassicism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 23% of the canvas, with davy's grey at 15%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Khaki (#C3B091), and Shadow (#8A795D).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Davy's grey

Sts Mark, James and Jerome with the Dead Christ Borne by Angels palette card
Sts Mark, James and Jerome with the Dead Christ Borne by Angels
Paolo Veronese · 1581
Highly Cultivated Hills palette card
Highly Cultivated Hills
Fujishima Takeji · 1938
The Arabian Nights: The ship struck upon a rock palette card
The Arabian Nights: The ship struck upon a rock
Edmund Dulac
The Temptation of St. Jerome palette card
The Temptation of St. Jerome
Henryk Siemiradzki · 1886
Daughter of Fisherman palette card
Daughter of Fisherman
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1872
Dos Niñas palette card
Dos Niñas
Pere Borrell del Caso

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Davy's grey

6 master palettes where Bistre and Davy's grey appear together most prominently.

Jean-François Bosio Palette 1 - Penumbral Tawny

Jean-François Bosio

24.7% Bistre · 16.0% Davy's grey

Willem van Aelst Palette 6 - Shadowed Terracotta

Willem van Aelst

18.9% Bistre · 18.7% Davy's grey

Christian Ezdorf Master Palette - Penumbral Parchment

Christian Ezdorf

20.0% Bistre · 17.5% Davy's grey

Charles Cottet Master Palette - Muted Gamboge

Charles Cottet

26.0% Bistre · 12.0% Davy's grey

Simplício Rodrigues de Sá Palette 2 - Shadowed Bister

Simplício Rodrigues de Sá

17.6% Bistre · 17.5% Davy's grey

Adolf Pirsch Master Palette - Shadowed Tawny

Adolf Pirsch

30.0% Bistre · 10.0% Davy's grey

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