Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Light French beige

#C8AD7F

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Light French beige (#C8AD7F) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Martin Johann Schmidt, Bertha Wegmann, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger and the Realism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 23% of the canvas, with light french beige at 15%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Shadow (#8A795D), and Coyote brown (#81613C).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Light French beige

At the Milliner's palette card
At the Milliner's
Edgar Degas · 1882
The handing over of the Sacred Carpet in Cairo palette card
The handing over of the Sacred Carpet in Cairo
Konstantin Makovsky · 1876
Mosque in Algiers palette card
Mosque in Algiers
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1882
Dos Niñas palette card
Dos Niñas
Pere Borrell del Caso
Le Havre. Avent Port. palette card
Le Havre. Avent Port.
Eugene Boudin · 1894
Reclining nude palette card
Reclining nude
Suzanne Valadon · 1928

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Light French beige

6 master palettes where Bistre and Light French beige appear together most prominently.

Martin Johann Schmidt Master Palette - Shadowed Caramel

Martin Johann Schmidt

16.7% Bistre · 20.0% Light French beige

Bertha Wegmann Master Palette - Penumbral Tawny

Bertha Wegmann

23.3% Bistre · 14.0% Light French beige

Pieter Brueghel the Younger Master Palette - Penumbral Gamboge

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

31.1% Bistre · 10.4% Light French beige

Benjamin Champney Palette 5 - Penumbral Caramel

Benjamin Champney

16.2% Bistre · 19.5% Light French beige

Bartolomeo Manfredi Master Palette - Shadowed Caramel

Bartolomeo Manfredi

30.0% Bistre · 10.0% Light French beige

Nicolaas van der Waay Master Palette - Veiled Tawny

Nicolaas van der Waay

19.7% Bistre · 14.8% Light French beige

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