Cerulean (#007BA7) is a deep cool shade that appears across 2 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Carolus-Duran and the Contemporary Realism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Fern green (#4F7942), Khaki (#C3B091), and Fawn (#E5AA70). The combination forms an austere, contemplative chord, built on a split-complementary spread, leans on warm companions to lift a cool source color, with a moderate step up in value that keeps the source recessed.
