Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Silver

#C0C0C0

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Silver (#C0C0C0) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Bernardo Bellotto, Joseph Farquharson, and Anatolio Scifoni and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 20% of the canvas, with silver at 15%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Khaki (#C3B091), and Shadow (#8A795D).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Silver

Jupiter Hurling Thunderbolts at the Vices palette card
Jupiter Hurling Thunderbolts at the Vices
Paolo Veronese · 1554
The Discovery of the True Cross and St. Helena palette card
The Discovery of the True Cross and St. Helena
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1745
Hot Hours palette card
Hot Hours
Raffaello Gambogi · 1916
Pissarro's Garden, Pontoise palette card
Pissarro's Garden, Pontoise
Paul Gauguin · 1881
Odalisque (An Algerian Woman) palette card
Odalisque (An Algerian Woman)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1870
Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe palette card
Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe
Thomas Hill · 1883

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Silver

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

Bernardo Bellotto Palette 6 - Muted Tawny

Bernardo Bellotto

18.7% Bistre · 18.2% Silver

Joseph Farquharson Palette 6 - Veiled Tawny

Joseph Farquharson

20.0% Bistre · 14.7% Silver

Anatolio Scifoni Palette 2 - Veiled Tawny

Anatolio Scifoni

18.0% Bistre · 15.8% Silver

John Ballantyne Palette 3 - Shadowed Tawny

John Ballantyne

17.9% Bistre · 15.6% Silver

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein Palette 1 - Soft Ecru

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

22.5% Bistre · 12.2% Silver

Heinrich Bürkel Palette 3 - Pale Ivory

Heinrich Bürkel

23.8% Bistre · 11.2% Silver

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