Color one

Chinese red

#AA381E

Color two

Drab dark brown

#4A412A

Chinese red (#AA381E) and Drab dark brown (#4A412A) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Dmitry Levitzky, Jan van Eyck, and Chaim Soutine and the Academic Art tradition. Painters typically deployed chinese red at an average of 16% of the canvas, with drab dark brown at 9%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Bistre (#3D2B1F), and Gold Fusion (#85754E).

Artworks Featuring Chinese red & Drab dark brown

Tahitian women under the palms palette card
Tahitian women under the palms
Paul Gauguin · 1892
Musicians palette card
Musicians
Henri Matisse · 1921
June Glory palette card
June Glory
T. C. Steele · 1920
Woman with a Parrot (Henriette Darras) palette card
Woman with a Parrot (Henriette Darras)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1871
St. Cecilia (The Angels Announcing her Coming Martyrdom) palette card
St. Cecilia (The Angels Announcing her Coming Martyrdom)
Gustave Moreau · 1897
Morning Reflections palette card
Morning Reflections
Robert Lewis Reid · 1910

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Chinese red & Drab dark brown

6 master palettes where Chinese red and Drab dark brown appear together most prominently.

Dmitry Levitzky Palette 12 - Tenebrous Terracotta

Dmitry Levitzky

12.6% Chinese red · 17.0% Drab dark brown

Jan van Eyck Palette 8 - Tenebrous Umber

Jan van Eyck

18.6% Chinese red · 7.9% Drab dark brown

Chaim Soutine Master Palette - Penumbral Gamboge

Chaim Soutine

17.2% Chinese red · 7.3% Drab dark brown

Leon Bonnat Palette 5 - Shadowed Tawny

Leon Bonnat

14.7% Chinese red · 8.1% Drab dark brown

Edward Armitage Palette 3 - Penumbral Caramel

Edward Armitage

25.9% Chinese red · 3.7% Drab dark brown

Henri Matisse Palette 21 - Muted Apricot

Henri Matisse

9.9% Chinese red · 9.5% Drab dark brown

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