Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Ebony

#555D50

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Ebony (#555D50) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Paul Bril, Heinrich Bohmer, and Angelica Kauffman and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 20% of the canvas, with ebony at 17%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Shadow (#8A795D), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Ebony

The boss's daughter palette card
The boss's daughter
Paul Gauguin · 1886
Dancers, Pink and Green palette card
Dancers, Pink and Green
Edgar Degas · 1890
Calèche Sur Les Champs Elysées palette card
Calèche Sur Les Champs Elysées
Louis Hayet · 1889
Woman in a Red Striped Dress palette card
Woman in a Red Striped Dress
Paul Cezanne · 1898
Mona Lisa palette card
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci · 1503
The Buffet palette card
The Buffet
Paul Cezanne · 1877

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Ebony

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

Paul Bril Master Palette - Veiled Tawny

Paul Bril

20.8% Bistre · 19.4% Ebony

Heinrich Bohmer Palette 1 - Penumbral Bister

Heinrich Bohmer

18.9% Bistre · 18.8% Ebony

Angelica Kauffman Palette 8 - Penumbral Bister

Angelica Kauffman

18.3% Bistre · 18.2% Ebony

Jacques Amans Palette 2 - Penumbral Gamboge

Jacques Amans

20.9% Bistre · 15.4% Ebony

Carl Ludwig Hoffmeister Palette 2 - Penumbral Bister

Carl Ludwig Hoffmeister

18.9% Bistre · 16.7% Ebony

Charles de La Fosse Master Palette - Penumbral Tawny

Charles de La Fosse

23.3% Bistre · 13.3% Ebony

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