Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Raisin black

#242124

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Raisin black (#242124) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Joseph Highmore, Rembrandt Peale, and Samuel Morse and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 40% of the canvas, with raisin black at 25%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Coffee (#6F4E37), Drab dark brown (#4A412A), and Van Dyke brown (#664228).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Raisin black

A Prize For The Artists Corp palette card
A Prize For The Artists Corp
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Adoration of the Magi palette card
Adoration of the Magi
Paolo Veronese · 1570
Entrance to a Temple in Nikko palette card
Entrance to a Temple in Nikko
Vasily Vereshchagin
Portrait of a Woman palette card
Portrait of a Woman
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Forest Lake. Cloud palette card
Forest Lake. Cloud
Arkhyp Kuindzhi · 1890
The Ides of March palette card
The Ides of March
Edward Poynter · 1883

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Raisin black

6 master palettes where Bistre and Raisin black appear together most prominently.

Joseph Highmore Palette 2 - Nocturnal Bister

Joseph Highmore

44.3% Bistre · 23.5% Raisin black

Rembrandt Peale Palette 10 - Nocturnal Bister

Rembrandt Peale

38.2% Bistre · 26.6% Raisin black

Samuel Morse Palette 3 - Nocturnal Bister

Samuel Morse

36.5% Bistre · 27.1% Raisin black

Georges de la Tour Palette 3 - Nocturnal Umber

Georges de la Tour

41.3% Bistre · 22.6% Raisin black

Bartolomeo Manfredi Palette 1 - Nocturnal Terracotta

Bartolomeo Manfredi

30.6% Bistre · 29.0% Raisin black

Simon Pietersz Verelst Palette 2 - Nocturnal Sienna

Simon Pietersz Verelst

46.9% Bistre · 18.4% Raisin black

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