Color one

Café au lait

#A67B5B

Color two

Rich black

#010203

Café au lait (#A67B5B) and Rich black (#010203) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Tamara de Lempicka, Francesco Solimena, and Fra Bartolomeo and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed café au lait at an average of 37% of the canvas, with rich black at 8%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Raisin black (#242124), Khaki (#C3B091), and Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608).

Artworks Featuring Café au lait & Rich black

Marguerite with Black Velvet Ribbon palette card
Marguerite with Black Velvet Ribbon
Henri Matisse · 1916
A Summer's Evening palette card
A Summer's Evening
Philip Wilson Steer
Moonlight palette card
Moonlight
Edvard Munch · 1893
Portrait of a Venetian Woman (La Belle Nani) palette card
Portrait of a Venetian Woman (La Belle Nani)
Paolo Veronese · 1560
Presentation in the Temple palette card
Presentation in the Temple
Paolo Veronese · 1560
Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Lynx Fur palette card
Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Lynx Fur
Paolo Veronese · 1551

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Café au lait & Rich black

6 master palettes where Café au lait and Rich black appear together most prominently.

Tamara de Lempicka Palette 3 - Nocturnal Umber

Tamara de Lempicka

45.2% Café au lait · 8.5% Rich black

Francesco Solimena Palette 6 - Abyssal Sienna

Francesco Solimena

55.0% Café au lait · 5.0% Rich black

Fra Bartolomeo Palette 3 - Shadowed Bister

Fra Bartolomeo

25.2% Café au lait · 10.5% Rich black

Georges de la Tour Palette 9 - Nocturnal Bister

Georges de la Tour

32.3% Café au lait · 8.1% Rich black

Nicolas Froment Palette 1 - Nocturnal Bister

Nicolas Froment

33.4% Café au lait · 6.7% Rich black

Elisabetta Sirani Palette 5 - Nocturnal Sienna

Elisabetta Sirani

32.2% Café au lait · 6.9% Rich black

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