Color one

Café noir

#4B3621

Color two

Rich black

#010203

Café noir (#4B3621) and Rich black (#010203) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of François-Joseph Navez, Ivan Argunov, and Nicolas Froment and the Rococo tradition. Painters typically deployed café noir at an average of 36% of the canvas, with rich black at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), Coyote brown (#81613C), and Pine green (#2A2F23).

Artworks Featuring Café noir & Rich black

Sacrifice of Isaac palette card
Sacrifice of Isaac
Caravaggio · 1598
St Francis in Ecstasy palette card
St Francis in Ecstasy
Paolo Veronese · 1582
St. John the Baptist palette card
St. John the Baptist
Leonardo da Vinci · 1514
Tersicore palette card
Tersicore
Pasquale Celommi · 1910
Worshippers palette card
Worshippers
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1743
Three Tetons palette card
Three Tetons
Thomas Moran · 1895

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Café noir & Rich black

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

François-Joseph Navez Palette 5 - Abyssal Sienna

François-Joseph Navez

44.1% Café noir · 10.2% Rich black

Ivan Argunov Palette 5 - Nocturnal Bister

Ivan Argunov

21.9% Café noir · 16.6% Rich black

Nicolas Froment Palette 1 - Nocturnal Bister

Nicolas Froment

33.4% Café noir · 10.1% Rich black

Paul-Albert Besnard Palette 4 - Nocturnal Bister

Paul-Albert Besnard

34.6% Café noir · 9.4% Rich black

Ford Madox Brown Palette 7 - Abyssal Sienna

Ford Madox Brown

53.1% Café noir · 6.1% Rich black

Jean-Honore Fragonard Palette 10 - Tenebrous Bister

Jean-Honore Fragonard

30.2% Café noir · 10.6% Rich black

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