French lilac (#86608E) and Van Dyke brown (#664228) appear together across 1 master palette in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Abbott Handerson Thayer and the Realism tradition. Painters typically deployed french lilac at an average of 13% of the canvas, with van dyke brown at 12%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), Heliotrope gray (#AA98A9), and Middle purple (#D982B5).