Color one

Café noir

#4B3621

Color two

Periwinkle

#C3CDE6

Café noir (#4B3621) and Periwinkle (#C3CDE6) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld, Gabriele Smargiassi, and Luc-Olivier Merson and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed café noir at an average of 11% of the canvas, with periwinkle at 6%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Coyote brown (#81613C), Lion (#DECC9C), and Raisin black (#242124).

Artworks Featuring Café noir & Periwinkle

Evening on the North Shore palette card
Evening on the North Shore
Clarence Gagnon · 1924
Meadow with Brook, Medfield, Massachusetts palette card
Meadow with Brook, Medfield, Massachusetts
Robert Lewis Reid · 1909
Liensfiord, Norway: Calm palette card
Liensfiord, Norway: Calm
Francis Danby
Green Sea, Iona palette card
Green Sea, Iona
Samuel Peploe · 1920
Fishing the Merced River palette card
Fishing the Merced River
Thomas Hill · 1892
Morning, Clear Lake palette card
Morning, Clear Lake
Thomas Hill · 1876

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Café noir & Periwinkle

6 master palettes where Café noir and Periwinkle appear together most prominently.

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld Palette 2 - Pale Ecru

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

14.1% Café noir · 7.0% Periwinkle

Gabriele Smargiassi Palette 1 - Soft Ecru

Gabriele Smargiassi

10.1% Café noir · 8.2% Periwinkle

Luc-Olivier Merson Palette 8 - Muted Parchment

Luc-Olivier Merson

11.7% Café noir · 6.9% Periwinkle

Gustaf Wappers Palette 1 - Shadowed Tawny

Gustaf Wappers

14.7% Café noir · 4.5% Periwinkle

James McNeill Whistler Palette 8 - Soft Calico

James McNeill Whistler

8.3% Café noir · 6.5% Periwinkle

Adam Pynacker Palette 2 - Penumbral Tawny

Adam Pynacker

8.0% Café noir · 5.1% Periwinkle

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