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Gamboge

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Gamboge (#E49B0F) is a mid-tone warm shade that appears across 3 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Alberto Magnelli, Samuel Owen, and Marc Chagall and the Abstract Art tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Smoky black (#100C08), Yale Blue (#00356B), and Cyber grape (#58427C). The combination forms a sun-bleached, daylight chord, built on a split-complementary spread, spans a mixed temperature range, with a moderate step down in value that keeps the source forward.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Ice Floes under the Midnight Sun palette card
Ice Floes under the Midnight Sun
William Bradford · 1869
The Ochre Head palette card
The Ochre Head
Henri Matisse · 1937
Dawn palette card
Dawn
Alphonse Mucha · 1899
After the lunch palette card
After the lunch
Edouard Vuillard · 1900
Gifts palette card
Gifts
Nicholas Roerich · 1909
Head of a Woman palette card
Head of a Woman
Amedeo Modigliani · 1918

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Gamboge

3 palettes where Gamboge appears prominently — one per artist.

Alberto Magnelli Palette 4 - Muted Vermillion

Alberto Magnelli

22.7% Gamboge

Samuel Owen Palette 2 - Muted Rust

Samuel Owen

15.7% Gamboge

Marc Chagall Palette 2 - Veiled Vermillion

Marc Chagall

15.1% Gamboge

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