Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

Smoky black

#100C08

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and Smoky black (#100C08) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Gerard Terborch, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Huygh Pietersz Voskuyl and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 39% of the canvas, with smoky black at 29%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Van Dyke brown (#664228), Coffee (#6F4E37), and Drab dark brown (#4A412A).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & Smoky black

Mrs. Waldo Story palette card
Mrs. Waldo Story
John Singer Sargent · 1883
The Sleeping Medusa palette card
The Sleeping Medusa
Fernand Khnopff · 1896
The Liberation of St. Peter, in the Stanza D'Eliodoro palette card
The Liberation of St. Peter, in the Stanza D'Eliodoro
Raphael · 1512
The Morning News palette card
The Morning News
William Merritt Chase · 1886
The Countess of Lathom palette card
The Countess of Lathom
John Singer Sargent · 1904
Reading the newspaper palette card
Reading the newspaper
Felix Schlesinger

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & Smoky black

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

Gerard Terborch Palette 1 - Nocturnal Sienna

Gerard Terborch

40.5% Bistre · 37.0% Smoky black

Artemisia Gentileschi Palette 6 - Nocturnal Bister

Artemisia Gentileschi

37.0% Bistre · 29.2% Smoky black

Huygh Pietersz Voskuyl Palette 2 - Abyssal Sienna

Huygh Pietersz Voskuyl

62.1% Bistre · 16.1% Smoky black

William Dobson Palette 2 - Nocturnal Bister

William Dobson

42.2% Bistre · 23.6% Smoky black

Giulio Cesare Procaccini Palette 7 - Nocturnal Bister

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

28.3% Bistre · 35.0% Smoky black

William Quileer Orchardson Palette 2 - Obsidian Bister

William Quileer Orchardson

26.6% Bistre · 35.2% Smoky black

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