Color one

Drab dark brown

#4A412A

Color two

Gainsboro

#DCDCDC

Drab dark brown (#4A412A) and Gainsboro (#DCDCDC) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Nicolae Grigorescu, Penry Williams, and Vladimir Makovsky and the Impressionism tradition. Painters typically deployed drab dark brown at an average of 25% of the canvas, with gainsboro at 12%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Gold Fusion (#85754E), Khaki (#C3B091), and Pine green (#2A2F23).

Artworks Featuring Drab dark brown & Gainsboro

Near the monastery palette card
Near the monastery
Ivan Shishkin · 1870
The Cherry Branch palette card
The Cherry Branch
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Duc d'Orleans Showing his Mistress to the Duc de Bourgogne palette card
The Duc d'Orleans Showing his Mistress to the Duc de Bourgogne
Eugene Delacroix · 1825
Innocence palette card
Innocence
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
La Jolla Beach palette card
La Jolla Beach
Guy Rose
At the edge of the forest palette card
At the edge of the forest
Ivan Shishkin

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Drab dark brown & Gainsboro

6 master palettes where Drab dark brown and Gainsboro appear together most prominently.

Nicolae Grigorescu Palette 5 - Soft Ivory

Nicolae Grigorescu

39.9% Drab dark brown · 8.4% Gainsboro

Penry Williams Palette 3 - Soft Ecru

Penry Williams

22.2% Drab dark brown · 13.4% Gainsboro

Vladimir Makovsky Palette 1 - Soft Ecru

Vladimir Makovsky

39.6% Drab dark brown · 7.5% Gainsboro

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld Palette 7 - Penumbral Stone

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

12.7% Drab dark brown · 18.9% Gainsboro

Luis Paret y Alcazar Palette 3 - Veiled Schist

Luis Paret y Alcazar

17.4% Drab dark brown · 12.9% Gainsboro

Pierre Emmanuel Damoye Master Palette - Veiled Tawny

Pierre Emmanuel Damoye

20.0% Drab dark brown · 10.0% Gainsboro

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