Color one

Ebony

#555D50

Color two

Umber

#635147

Ebony (#555D50) and Umber (#635147) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Aleksey Antropov, Lucas van Leyden, and Martin Benka and the Baroque tradition. Painters typically deployed ebony at an average of 28% of the canvas, with umber at 16%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Shadow (#8A795D), Black olive (#3B3C36), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Ebony & Umber

Spring Flowers palette card
Spring Flowers
Maurice Prendergast · 1904
Reclining Woman palette card
Reclining Woman
Julius LeBlanc Stewart · 1882
Forest Vista palette card
Forest Vista
Stefan Popescu
Nudes in the park palette card
Nudes in the park
Jozsef Rippl-Ronai
Two Sisters palette card
Two Sisters
Otto Mueller
The Japanese Lady palette card
The Japanese Lady
Henri Matisse · 1901

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Ebony & Umber

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

Aleksey Antropov Palette 1 - Veiled Tawny

Aleksey Antropov

29.0% Ebony · 32.5% Umber

Lucas van Leyden Palette 4 - Penumbral Parchment

Lucas van Leyden

19.2% Ebony · 17.4% Umber

Martin Benka Palette 3 - Penumbral Stone

Martin Benka

44.4% Ebony · 7.2% Umber

Ford Madox Brown Palette 4 - Veiled Tawny

Ford Madox Brown

21.7% Ebony · 13.3% Umber

Janos Tornyai Palette 2 - Veiled Tawny

Janos Tornyai

19.2% Ebony · 14.6% Umber

Le Corbusier Palette 4 - Veiled Tawny

Le Corbusier

34.6% Ebony · 8.1% Umber

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