Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Ming (#36747D) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Frank Tenney Johnson, Thomas Somerscales, and Jean Baptiste Vanmour and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 13% of the canvas, with ming at 7%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Rifle green (#444C38), Eerie black (#1B1B1B), and Middle grey (#8B8680).