Desert sand (#EDC9AF) and Rich black (#010203) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Hannah Hoch, Anatol Petrytsky, and Maerten van Heemskerck and the Mannerism (Late Renaissance) tradition. Painters typically deployed desert sand at an average of 27% of the canvas, with rich black at 12%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Dutch white (#EFDFBB), Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), and Raisin black (#242124).