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

La Toilette De Venus palette card
La Toilette De Venus
François Lemoyne
Ramon Subercaseaux palette card
Ramon Subercaseaux
John Singer Sargent · 1880
The Buffet palette card
The Buffet
Paul Cezanne · 1877
The Serenade palette card
The Serenade
Eugene de Blaas · 1910
Fog palette card
Fog
Caspar David Friedrich · 1807
The Passage of the St. Gothard palette card
The Passage of the St. Gothard
J.M.W. Turner · 1804

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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