Color one

Drab dark brown

#4A412A

Color two

Van Dyke brown

#664228

Drab dark brown (#4A412A) and Van Dyke brown (#664228) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Mario Tozzi, John Singer Sargent, and Ion Andreescu and the Realism tradition. Painters typically deployed drab dark brown at an average of 20% of the canvas, with van dyke brown at 15%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Bistre (#3D2B1F), Eerie black (#1B1B1B), and Coyote brown (#81613C).

Artworks Featuring Drab dark brown & Van Dyke brown

Young Girl Crocheting palette card
Young Girl Crocheting
Suzanne Valadon · 1892
Boreas abducts Oratio palette card
Boreas abducts Oratio
Alexander Rothaug
Chloé palette card
Chloé
Jules Joseph Lefebvre · 1875
The Sign Painter palette card
The Sign Painter
Ernest Meissonier
Mignon palette card
Mignon
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1869
Faa Iheihe (Tahitian pastoral) palette card
Faa Iheihe (Tahitian pastoral)
Paul Gauguin · 1898

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Drab dark brown & Van Dyke brown

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

Mario Tozzi Palette 3 - Shadowed Caramel

Mario Tozzi

19.0% Drab dark brown · 18.9% Van Dyke brown

John Singer Sargent Palette 16 - Penumbral Tawny

John Singer Sargent

18.0% Drab dark brown · 17.1% Van Dyke brown

Ion Andreescu Palette 2 - Shadowed Caramel

Ion Andreescu

23.7% Drab dark brown · 12.1% Van Dyke brown

Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter Palette 1 - Penumbral Tawny

Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter

19.1% Drab dark brown · 14.6% Van Dyke brown

Luke Fildes Palette 4 - Tenebrous Bister

Luke Fildes

17.6% Drab dark brown · 15.8% Van Dyke brown

Heinrich Deiters Palette 5 - Penumbral Tawny

Heinrich Deiters

20.8% Drab dark brown · 13.2% Van Dyke brown

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