Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Onyx

#353839

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Onyx (#353839) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Alexandre-Louis Leloir, Filippo Palizzi, and William Hoare and the Academic Art tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 25% of the canvas, with onyx at 10%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Smoky black (#100C08), and Coffee (#6F4E37).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Onyx

The Fortune Teller palette card
The Fortune Teller
Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter
Vast Metaphysical Interior palette card
Vast Metaphysical Interior
Giorgio de Chirico · 1917
Old man palette card
Old man
Vasily Perov · 1874
Venice, Nocturnal Festivities on the Via Eugenia (today Via Garibaldi) palette card
Venice, Nocturnal Festivities on the Via Eugenia (today Via Garibaldi)
Ippolito Caffi · 1839
Flowers and a Statuette palette card
Flowers and a Statuette
Gustave Loiseau · 1910
Vase of Peonies palette card
Vase of Peonies
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1890

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Onyx

6 master palettes where Bistre and Onyx appear together most prominently.

Filippo Palizzi Palette 5 - Shadowed Tawny

Filippo Palizzi

18.9% Bistre · 13.5% Onyx

William Hoare Palette 2 - Tenebrous Bister

William Hoare

41.5% Bistre · 6.1% Onyx

Ambrogio Bergognone Palette 8 - Nocturnal Bister

Ambrogio Bergognone

26.0% Bistre · 9.2% Onyx

Jacob Huysmans Palette 3 - Nocturnal Bister

Jacob Huysmans

20.7% Bistre · 11.2% Onyx

Alexandre-Louis Leloir Master Palette - Shadowed Tawny

Alexandre-Louis Leloir

22.0% Bistre · 10.0% Onyx

Alexandre-Louis Leloir Palette 3 - Nocturnal Bister

Alexandre-Louis Leloir

20.2% Bistre · 10.8% Onyx

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