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Indian yellow

#E3A857

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Indian yellow (#E3A857) is a mid-tone warm shade that appears across 18 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Vadym Meller, Giotto, and Vladimir Tatlin and the Expressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Raisin black (#242124), Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), and Dark sienna (#3C1414). The combination forms a sun-bleached, daylight chord, built on closely related hues, reads as a unified warm palette, with a sharp light/dark contrast that lets the darker companions read as depth.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Girl with Auburn Hair palette card
Girl with Auburn Hair
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1882
American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar palette card
American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1873
Odalisque, Half-Length (The Tatoo) palette card
Odalisque, Half-Length (The Tatoo)
Henri Matisse · 1923
An Indian Gharry palette card
An Indian Gharry
Edwin Lord Weeks
Ronde palette card
Ronde
Henri-Edmond Cross
Bouquet of Wild Flowers palette card
Bouquet of Wild Flowers
Odilon Redon · 1910

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Indian yellow

6 palettes where Indian yellow appears prominently — one per artist.

Vladimir Tatlin Palette 1 - Muted Fawn

Vladimir Tatlin

24.7% Indian yellow

William Rimmer Palette 1 - Muted Vermillion

William Rimmer

23.9% Indian yellow

Colin Graeme Roe Palette 1 - Gleaming Aureolin

Colin Graeme Roe

22.6% Indian yellow

Vadym Meller Palette 1 - Soft Fawn

Vadym Meller

22.2% Indian yellow

Victor Brauner Palette 2 - Veiled Bisque

Victor Brauner

21.4% Indian yellow

Grant Wood Palette 1 - Soft Fawn

Grant Wood

21.3% Indian yellow

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