Color one

Black

#000000

Color two

Raisin black

#242124

Black (#000000) and Raisin black (#242124) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of David Des Granges, Joshua Johnson, and John William Godward and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed black at an average of 26% of the canvas, with raisin black at 14%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Bistre (#3D2B1F), Coffee (#6F4E37), and Dark lava (#483C32).

Artworks Featuring Black & Raisin black

Moon Nymph palette card
Moon Nymph
Luis Ricardo Falero · 1883
Hunters in wait palette card
Hunters in wait
Emmanuel Benner · 1879
Katherine Lewis palette card
Katherine Lewis
John Singer Sargent · 1906
Helen Brice palette card
Helen Brice
John Singer Sargent · 1907
Mrs. Richard H. Derby palette card
Mrs. Richard H. Derby
John Singer Sargent · 1888
Mrs. William Henry Vanderbilt palette card
Mrs. William Henry Vanderbilt
John Singer Sargent · 1888

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Black & Raisin black

6 master palettes where Black and Raisin black appear together most prominently.

David Des Granges Palette 4 - Nocturnal Sienna

David Des Granges

40.2% Black · 23.0% Raisin black

Joshua Johnson Palette 5 - Nocturnal Bister

Joshua Johnson

22.7% Black · 17.7% Raisin black

John William Godward Palette 9 - Penumbral Tawny

John William Godward

30.1% Black · 9.5% Raisin black

Gwen John Palette 6 - Shadowed Caramel

Gwen John

23.4% Black · 10.2% Raisin black

Giorgio Vasari Palette 10 - Nocturnal Bister

Giorgio Vasari

16.7% Black · 13.9% Raisin black

Toby Edward Rosenthal Palette 3 - Nocturnal Sienna

Toby Edward Rosenthal

24.1% Black · 8.8% Raisin black

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