Color one

Chinese violet

#856088

Color two

English violet

#563C5C

Chinese violet (#856088) and English violet (#563C5C) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the Expressionism tradition. Painters typically deployed chinese violet at an average of 2% of the canvas, with english violet at 4%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Heliotrope gray (#AA98A9), Dark purple (#301934), and Eggplant (#614051).

Artworks Featuring Chinese violet & English violet

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen palette card
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Harry Clarke · 1916
Algoma Hill palette card
Algoma Hill
Lawren Harris · 1920
Lilacs in a Window palette card
Lilacs in a Window
Mary Cassatt · 1880
Winter Afternoon palette card
Winter Afternoon
Hans Gude · 1847
Himalayas palette card
Himalayas
Nicholas Roerich
Study of mountains palette card
Study of mountains
Nicholas Roerich

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Chinese violet & English violet

1 master palette where Chinese violet and English violet appear together most prominently.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Palette 17 - Somber Tawny

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

12.9% Chinese violet · 26.0% English violet

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