Color one

Café noir

#4B3621

Color two

Slate gray

#708090

Café noir (#4B3621) and Slate gray (#708090) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Francesco Francia, Emil Karl Rau, and Georg Heinrich Crola and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed café noir at an average of 18% of the canvas, with slate gray at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Raisin black (#242124), Eerie black (#1B1B1B), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Café noir & Slate gray

Green River, Wyoming palette card
Green River, Wyoming
Thomas Moran · 1878
St. Cecilia with Saints (detail) palette card
St. Cecilia with Saints (detail)
Raphael · 1516
Moonlight on the Brook palette card
Moonlight on the Brook
Ralph Blakelock
Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa palette card
Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa
Honore Daumier · 1868
Setting sun in Biarritz palette card
Setting sun in Biarritz
Joaquín Sorolla · 1906
Maravatio in Mexico palette card
Maravatio in Mexico
Thomas Moran

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Café noir & Slate gray

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

Francesco Francia Palette 4 - Shadowed Bister

Francesco Francia

19.6% Café noir · 15.8% Slate gray

Emil Karl Rau Palette 2 - Shadowed Bister

Emil Karl Rau

14.3% Café noir · 13.8% Slate gray

Georg Heinrich Crola Palette 1 - Shadowed Sienna

Georg Heinrich Crola

20.1% Café noir · 8.5% Slate gray

Gabriel Metsu Palette 7 - Tenebrous Bister

Gabriel Metsu

29.0% Café noir · 5.2% Slate gray

still life Palette 24 - Muted Caramel

still life

15.1% Café noir · 9.8% Slate gray

William Dyce Palette 3 - Muted Tawny

William Dyce

12.0% Café noir · 11.2% Slate gray

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