Color one

French bistre

#856D4D

Color two

Zinnwaldite brown

#2C1608

French bistre (#856D4D) and Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Ludwig Mecklenburg, Jacob Ochtervelt, and Maurice Poirson and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed french bistre at an average of 23% of the canvas, with zinnwaldite brown at 14%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Smoky black (#100C08), Café noir (#4B3621), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring French bistre & Zinnwaldite brown

The Young Shepherdess palette card
The Young Shepherdess
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1885
Slave Market palette card
Slave Market
Jean-Leon Gerome · 1866
Under the Red Wall palette card
Under the Red Wall
Thomas Moran
Danae palette card
Danae
Titian · 1560
Cotton Merchants in New Orleans palette card
Cotton Merchants in New Orleans
Edgar Degas · 1873
Sappho (Contemplation) palette card
Sappho (Contemplation)
Károly Lotz

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring French bistre & Zinnwaldite brown

6 master palettes where French bistre and Zinnwaldite brown appear together most prominently.

Ludwig Mecklenburg Palette 4 - Penumbral Bister

Ludwig Mecklenburg

18.9% French bistre · 19.8% Zinnwaldite brown

Jacob Ochtervelt Palette 2 - Shadowed Bister

Jacob Ochtervelt

31.2% French bistre · 10.6% Zinnwaldite brown

Maurice Poirson Palette 5 - Tenebrous Sienna

Maurice Poirson

26.9% French bistre · 11.2% Zinnwaldite brown

Costantino Rosa Master Palette - Muted Tawny

Costantino Rosa

20.0% French bistre · 15.0% Zinnwaldite brown

Nicholas Pocock Master Palette - Veiled Caramel

Nicholas Pocock

20.0% French bistre · 13.3% Zinnwaldite brown

Jaroslav Čermák Master Palette - Penumbral Tawny

Jaroslav Čermák

19.4% French bistre · 12.9% Zinnwaldite brown

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