Desert sand (#EDC9AF) and Ebony (#555D50) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Carlos Saenz de Tejada, Alfred Guillou, and Eugene de Blaas and the Academic Art tradition. Painters typically deployed desert sand at an average of 22% of the canvas, with ebony at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Khaki (#C3B091), Camel (#C19A6B), and Black olive (#3B3C36).