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Dark goldenrod

#B8860B

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Dark goldenrod (#B8860B) is a deep warm shade that appears across 15 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Hendrick Goltzius, Leopold Survage, and Paul Delaroche and the Expressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Rufous (#A81C07), Raisin black (#242124), and USAFA blue (#004F98). The combination forms an earthy, lived-in chord, built on a split-complementary spread, spans a mixed temperature range, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Concarneau (study) palette card
Concarneau (study)
Paul Signac · 1891
Haystack under a Rainy Sky palette card
Haystack under a Rainy Sky
Vincent van Gogh · 1890
The Talisman: The Aven River at the Bois d'Amour palette card
The Talisman: The Aven River at the Bois d'Amour
Paul Serusier · 1888
Gardens of Aranjuez (1) palette card
Gardens of Aranjuez (1)
Santiago Rusinol
Portrait of the Artist's Mother palette card
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Rembrandt · 1629
Dish of Apples and Quinces palette card
Dish of Apples and Quinces
David Johnson

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Dark goldenrod

6 palettes where Dark goldenrod appears prominently — one per artist.

Hendrick Goltzius Palette 3 - Veiled Vermillion

Hendrick Goltzius

34.9% Dark goldenrod

Leopold Survage Palette 2 - Veiled Caramel

Leopold Survage

28.0% Dark goldenrod

Paul Delaroche Palette 3 - Veiled Tawny

Paul Delaroche

25.6% Dark goldenrod

George Dawe Palette 1 - Veiled Tawny

George Dawe

21.0% Dark goldenrod

Joan Brull Palette 4 - Pale Vermillion

Joan Brull

19.6% Dark goldenrod

Martin Schongauer Palette 4 - Veiled Vermillion

Martin Schongauer

18.7% Dark goldenrod

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