Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Eerie black

#1B1B1B

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Eerie black (#1B1B1B) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of John Jackson, Constantijn Netscher, and Nicolas Tournier and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 38% of the canvas, with eerie black at 39%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Drab dark brown (#4A412A), Coffee (#6F4E37), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Eerie black

The Christ Child and the Infant St. John after Rubens palette card
The Christ Child and the Infant St. John after Rubens
T. C. Steele · 1883
In the park palette card
In the park
Vasily Vereshchagin
Self-Portrait palette card
Self-Portrait
Paolo Veronese · 1558
The Geographer palette card
The Geographer
Johannes Vermeer · 1668
The Last Judgement (detail) palette card
The Last Judgement (detail)
Hieronymus Bosch · 1500
William Marshall Cazalet palette card
William Marshall Cazalet
John Singer Sargent · 1902

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Eerie black

6 master palettes where Bistre and Eerie black appear together most prominently.

John Jackson Palette 9 - Nocturnal Bister

John Jackson

44.5% Bistre · 37.1% Eerie black

Constantijn Netscher Palette 4 - Nocturnal Sienna

Constantijn Netscher

46.7% Bistre · 33.5% Eerie black

Nicolas Tournier Palette 1 - Tenebrous Sienna

Nicolas Tournier

44.1% Bistre · 31.8% Eerie black

Noè Bordignon Palette 9 - Nocturnal Bister

Noè Bordignon

35.0% Bistre · 39.1% Eerie black

Pedro Lira Palette 5 - Nocturnal Sienna

Pedro Lira

31.1% Bistre · 43.5% Eerie black

Rembrandt Palette 16 - Nocturnal Bister

Rembrandt

25.8% Bistre · 50.2% Eerie black

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