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Columbia Blue (#B9D9EB) is a light cool shade that appears across 9 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Carle Vernet, Friedrich Ernst Wolperding, and Giuseppe Borsato and the Neoclassicism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Isabelline (#F4F0EC), Khaki (#C3B091), and Drab dark brown (#4A412A). The combination forms an airy, hazy chord, built on a complementary hue split, leans on warm companions to lift a cool source color, with a moderate step down in value that keeps the source forward.

Artworks Featuring This Color

View of Antibes from the Plateau Notre-Dame palette card
View of Antibes from the Plateau Notre-Dame
Claude Monet · 1888
Winter Landscape palette card
Winter Landscape
Abbott Handerson Thayer · 1902
An elegant woman at St.Malo palette card
An elegant woman at St.Malo
Vittorio Corcos · 1883
Staubbach Falls, Near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland palette card
Staubbach Falls, Near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Albert Bierstadt · 1856
Estes Park, Colorado palette card
Estes Park, Colorado
Albert Bierstadt
Sharugen Monastery palette card
Sharugen Monastery
Nicholas Roerich · 1932

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Columbia Blue

6 palettes where Columbia Blue appears prominently — one per artist.

Carle Vernet Palette 6 - Soft Alabaster

Carle Vernet

30.8% Columbia Blue

Giuseppe Borsato Palette 1 - Soft Alabaster

Giuseppe Borsato

20.6% Columbia Blue

Henry Herbert La Thangue Palette 2 - Soft Ecru

Henry Herbert La Thangue

18.9% Columbia Blue

Friedrich Ernst Wolperding Palette 1 - Dusky Gossamer

Friedrich Ernst Wolperding

18.7% Columbia Blue

Francis Picabia Palette 1 - Lustrous Alabaster

Francis Picabia

18.4% Columbia Blue

Leon Dabo Palette 2 - Silvery Crystalline

Leon Dabo

15.8% Columbia Blue

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