Color one

Dim gray

#696969

Color two

Shadow

#8A795D

Dim gray (#696969) and Shadow (#8A795D) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Carl Gustaf Hellqvist, Giuseppe Tivoli, and Gustave Loiseau and the Academic Art tradition. Painters typically deployed dim gray at an average of 23% of the canvas, with shadow at 13%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Khaki (#C3B091), Raisin black (#242124), and Spanish gray (#989898).

Artworks Featuring Dim gray & Shadow

An Ox Drawn Cart on the Shore and a Swimmer in the Shallows palette card
An Ox Drawn Cart on the Shore and a Swimmer in the Shallows
Ivan Aivazovsky
Capri palette card
Capri
Konstantin Gorbatov · 1924
The Black Pegasus palette card
The Black Pegasus
Odilon Redon
The Varangians on the Dnieper palette card
The Varangians on the Dnieper
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1876
Odalisque Grise Et Jaune palette card
Odalisque Grise Et Jaune
Henri Matisse · 1925
Lake scene with fishing boat palette card
Lake scene with fishing boat
Theodore Gudin

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Dim gray & Shadow

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

Carl Gustaf Hellqvist Palette 3 - Veiled Parchment

Carl Gustaf Hellqvist

32.2% Dim gray · 12.4% Shadow

Giuseppe Tivoli Master Palette - Shadowed Tawny

Giuseppe Tivoli

20.0% Dim gray · 15.0% Shadow

Gustave Loiseau Palette 16 - Veiled Parchment

Gustave Loiseau

13.4% Dim gray · 19.3% Shadow

Ivan Aivazovsky Palette 13 - Veiled Vellum

Ivan Aivazovsky

21.2% Dim gray · 11.9% Shadow

James Taylor Harwood Palette 4 - Dimmed Vellum

James Taylor Harwood

32.3% Dim gray · 7.5% Shadow

Academicism Palette 12 - Veiled Tawny

Academicism

20.6% Dim gray · 10.8% Shadow

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