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

Boulevard Raspail palette card
Boulevard Raspail
Roderic O'Conor · 1907
Fire Blossom palette card
Fire Blossom
Nicholas Roerich · 1924
Oysters palette card
Oysters
Edouard Manet · 1862
The Arabian Nights: The ship struck upon a rock palette card
The Arabian Nights: The ship struck upon a rock
Edmund Dulac
Cephalus and Aurora palette card
Cephalus and Aurora
François Lemoyne
The Valley of the Loue in Stormy Weather palette card
The Valley of the Loue in Stormy Weather
Gustave Courbet · 1849

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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