Green-blue (#1164B4) is a deep cool shade that appears across 2 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Henri Matisse, and Jan Toorop and the Impressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Rust (#B7410E), Raisin black (#242124), and Sweet Brown (#A83731). The combination forms an austere, contemplative chord, built on a complementary hue split, leans on warm companions to lift a cool source color, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.
