Color one

Bistre

#3D2B1F

Color two

White

#FFFFFF

Bistre (#3D2B1F) and White (#FFFFFF) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, James McDougal Hart, and Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed bistre at an average of 35% of the canvas, with white at 20%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Smoky black (#100C08), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Bistre & White

The lady from Madrid palette card
The lady from Madrid
Romualdo Locatelli · 1935
The Vagabond (The Prodigal Son) palette card
The Vagabond (The Prodigal Son)
Hieronymus Bosch · 1487
Rest on the Flight into Egypt palette card
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Self-portrait with a fur hat palette card
Self-portrait with a fur hat
Joseph Ducreux
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
Spring palette card
Spring
Adolphe Piot · 1892

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Bistre & White

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

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Palette 3 - Muted Parchment

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli

30.0% Bistre · 29.5% White

James McDougal Hart Palette 3 - Veiled Tawny

James McDougal Hart

28.5% Bistre · 30.7% White

Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo Palette 1 - Nocturnal Bister

Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo

37.3% Bistre · 15.0% White

Gaspare Traversi Palette 1 - Shadowed Sienna

Gaspare Traversi

44.4% Bistre · 12.6% White

Joseph Clark Palette 4 - Muted Parchment

Joseph Clark

40.0% Bistre · 13.6% White

Karel Breydel Palette 4 - Shadowed Tawny

Karel Breydel

29.3% Bistre · 18.0% White

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