Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Shadow

#8A795D

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Shadow (#8A795D) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Jan Wyck, Edward Collier, and Francisco Barrera and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 27% of the canvas, with shadow at 23%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Khaki (#C3B091), and Drab dark brown (#4A412A).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Shadow

A Man and a Woman with Two Dogs, Known as ‘Teasing the Pet’ palette card
A Man and a Woman with Two Dogs, Known as ‘Teasing the Pet’
Frans van Mieris the Elder · 1660
Bouquet of Flowers palette card
Bouquet of Flowers
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
The slave palette card
The slave
Diogène Maillart · 1894
At the Milliner's palette card
At the Milliner's
Edgar Degas · 1881
Mohammad, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam palette card
Mohammad, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Edmund Dulac
In the Studio palette card
In the Studio
Joseph DeCamp · 1890

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Shadow

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

Edward Collier Palette 4 - Nocturnal Bister

Edward Collier

32.2% Bistre · 22.4% Shadow

Francisco Barrera Palette 4 - Nocturnal Bister

Francisco Barrera

44.9% Bistre · 13.4% Shadow

Jan Wyck Palette 1 - Shadowed Bister

Jan Wyck

23.5% Bistre · 25.2% Shadow

Jan Wyck Master Palette - Shadowed Bister

Jan Wyck

23.5% Bistre · 25.2% Shadow

Walter Langley Master Palette - Muted Caramel

Walter Langley

20.0% Bistre · 25.0% Shadow

Johannes Christian Deiker Palette 5 - Penumbral Tawny

Johannes Christian Deiker

18.8% Bistre · 25.6% Shadow

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