Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Heliotrope gray

#AA98A9

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Heliotrope gray (#AA98A9) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Tobias Stranover, Thomas Cole, and George Stubbs and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 20% of the canvas, with heliotrope gray at 8%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Smoky black (#100C08), Van Dyke brown (#664228), and Lavender gray (#C4C3D0).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Heliotrope gray

Breton Landscape Church and Orchard palette card
Breton Landscape Church and Orchard
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
An Orchard on the Banks of a River palette card
An Orchard on the Banks of a River
Frits Thaulow
Sevres Bridge palette card
Sevres Bridge
Alfred Sisley · 1877
The Signal Tower palette card
The Signal Tower
Maxime Maufra · 1911
Beach in Juan-les-Pins palette card
Beach in Juan-les-Pins
Claude Monet · 1888
The Banks of the Loire, Basse Indre palette card
The Banks of the Loire, Basse Indre
Ferdinand du Puigaudeau · 1917

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Heliotrope gray

6 master palettes where Bistre and Heliotrope gray appear together most prominently.

Tobias Stranover Palette 2 - Shadowed Sienna

Tobias Stranover

17.9% Bistre · 16.2% Heliotrope gray

Thomas Cole Palette 13 - Shadowed Tawny

Thomas Cole

25.8% Bistre · 6.2% Heliotrope gray

George Stubbs Palette 7 - Shadowed Caramel

George Stubbs

23.9% Bistre · 5.9% Heliotrope gray

Antonio del Pollaiolo Palette 2 - Muted Gamboge

Antonio del Pollaiolo

18.0% Bistre · 7.7% Heliotrope gray

Arthur Streeton Palette 4 - Muted Tawny

Arthur Streeton

16.4% Bistre · 5.7% Heliotrope gray

Ernst Meyer Master Palette - Veiled Tawny

Ernst Meyer

20.0% Bistre · 4.4% Heliotrope gray

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