Color one

Dim gray

#696969

Color two

Raisin black

#242124

Dim gray (#696969) and Raisin black (#242124) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Giovanni Boldini, Jacques Villon, and Honore Daumier and the Realism tradition. Painters typically deployed dim gray at an average of 28% of the canvas, with raisin black at 15%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Khaki (#C3B091), Shadow (#8A795D), and Dark lava (#483C32).

Artworks Featuring Dim gray & Raisin black

Portrait of Paul Alexander on green background palette card
Portrait of Paul Alexander on green background
Amedeo Modigliani · 1909
Port De Marseille palette card
Port De Marseille
Henri Matisse · 1917
Plymouth Sound by Moonlight and Searchlight palette card
Plymouth Sound by Moonlight and Searchlight
Albert Julius Olsson
Alexander Nevsky striking Birder Jarl palette card
Alexander Nevsky striking Birder Jarl
Nicholas Roerich · 1904
Portrait of Perugino palette card
Portrait of Perugino
Raphael · 1504
Still Life with Apples palette card
Still Life with Apples
Paul Cezanne · 1894

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Dim gray & Raisin black

6 master palettes where Dim gray and Raisin black appear together most prominently.

Giovanni Boldini Palette 12 - Shadowed Sienna

Giovanni Boldini

18.1% Dim gray · 29.7% Raisin black

Jacques Villon Palette 5 - Somber Ash

Jacques Villon

27.7% Dim gray · 17.0% Raisin black

Honore Daumier Palette 9 - Shadowed Ash

Honore Daumier

43.0% Dim gray · 7.7% Raisin black

Igor Grabar Palette 11 - Shadowed Ash

Igor Grabar

36.8% Dim gray · 8.9% Raisin black

Jean-Paul Laurens Palette 1 - Shadowed Tawny

Jean-Paul Laurens

18.9% Dim gray · 16.8% Raisin black

Mannerism Palette 19 - Shadowed Parchment

Mannerism

20.5% Dim gray · 12.2% Raisin black

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