Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Shadow blue

#778BA5

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Shadow blue (#778BA5) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Carl Rungius, Ferdinand Bellermann, and Karel Dujardin and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 19% of the canvas, with shadow blue at 10%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Coffee (#6F4E37), and Shadow (#8A795D).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Shadow blue

The Lantern Bearers palette card
The Lantern Bearers
Maxfield Parrish · 1908
Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea, an English Packeet Arriving palette card
Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea, an English Packeet Arriving
J.M.W. Turner · 1803
The Port of Morgat palette card
The Port of Morgat
Odilon Redon · 1882
Birth of Venus palette card
Birth of Venus
Alexandre Cabanel · 1863
Mountain landscape palette card
Mountain landscape
Konstantin Bogaevsky · 1940
Early Spring palette card
Early Spring
Vilhelms Purvitis · 1899

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Shadow blue

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

Ferdinand Bellermann Palette 5 - Muted Parchment

Ferdinand Bellermann

16.7% Bistre · 12.6% Shadow blue

Karel Dujardin Palette 2 - Penumbral Ash

Karel Dujardin

16.3% Bistre · 11.2% Shadow blue

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm Palette 3 - Penumbral Tawny

Gustaf Wilhelm Palm

16.7% Bistre · 10.9% Shadow blue

Carl Rungius Palette 1 - Penumbral Parchment

Carl Rungius

23.3% Bistre · 7.8% Shadow blue

Carl Rungius Master Palette - Penumbral Parchment

Carl Rungius

23.3% Bistre · 7.8% Shadow blue

Giambattista Pittoni Master Palette - Shadowed Tawny

Giambattista Pittoni

16.7% Bistre · 9.3% Shadow blue

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