Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Little boy blue

#6CA0DC

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Little boy blue (#6CA0DC) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Vincenzo Cabianca, Leopold Kupelwieser, and Charles Laval and the Realism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 20% of the canvas, with little boy blue at 4%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Khaki (#C3B091), Camel (#C19A6B), and Bone (#E3DAC9).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Little boy blue

The Entry of the Bull palette card
The Entry of the Bull
Jean-Leon Gerome · 1886
Girl with a Child palette card
Girl with a Child
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1877
Madonna Oriflamma palette card
Madonna Oriflamma
Nicholas Roerich · 1932
Lake Teberdinsky, Caucasus palette card
Lake Teberdinsky, Caucasus
Mykola Yaroshenko · 1894
The Signal palette card
The Signal
John William Godward · 1918
The Sea. The Crimea palette card
The Sea. The Crimea
Arkhyp Kuindzhi · 1908

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Little boy blue

6 master palettes where Bistre and Little boy blue appear together most prominently.

Vincenzo Cabianca Palette 4 - Silvery Gossamer

Vincenzo Cabianca

39.8% Bistre · 9.2% Little boy blue

Leopold Kupelwieser Palette 2 - Shadowed Sienna

Leopold Kupelwieser

13.8% Bistre · 6.4% Little boy blue

Charles Laval Master Palette - Penumbral Tawny

Charles Laval

10.0% Bistre · 5.0% Little boy blue

Achille Zo Palette 3 - Penumbral Tawny

Achille Zo

17.6% Bistre · 2.2% Little boy blue

Vincenzo Cabianca Master Palette - Veiled Tawny

Vincenzo Cabianca

13.7% Bistre · 2.7% Little boy blue

Maynard Dixon Palette 1 - Silvery Nimbus

Maynard Dixon

23.2% Bistre · 0.5% Little boy blue

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