Color one

Ebony

#555D50

Color two

Ming

#36747D

Ebony (#555D50) and Ming (#36747D) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Robert Alott, David James, and Robert Falk and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed ebony at an average of 17% of the canvas, with ming at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Xanadu (#738678), Morning blue (#8DA399), and Black olive (#3B3C36).

Artworks Featuring Ebony & Ming

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair palette card
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Mary Cassatt · 1878
Nocturne: Queensboro Bridge palette card
Nocturne: Queensboro Bridge
Julian Alden Weir · 1910
Water Lilies palette card
Water Lilies
Claude Monet · 1904
Peasant in a Blue Smock palette card
Peasant in a Blue Smock
Paul Cezanne · 1897
The Black Bard palette card
The Black Bard
Jean-Leon Gerome
Spring round dance palette card
Spring round dance
Max Pietschmann · 1924

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Ebony & Ming

6 master palettes where Ebony and Ming appear together most prominently.

Robert Alott Palette 7 - Penumbral Stone

Robert Alott

24.2% Ebony · 11.7% Ming

David James Master Palette - Pearlescent Whisper

David James

15.7% Ebony · 15.7% Ming

Robert Falk Palette 3 - Veiled Stone

Robert Falk

16.4% Ebony · 11.8% Ming

Tonalism Palette 13 - Brooding Mist

Tonalism

13.3% Ebony · 10.2% Ming

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Palette 2 - Penumbral Stone

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

17.5% Ebony · 7.7% Ming

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Palette 8 - Subdued Mist

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

14.6% Ebony · 7.8% Ming

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