Color one

Kobe

#882D17

Color two

Smoky black

#100C08

Kobe (#882D17) and Smoky black (#100C08) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Robert Home, George Romney, and Joseph Highmore and the Rococo tradition. Painters typically deployed kobe at an average of 30% of the canvas, with smoky black at 16%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), Bistre (#3D2B1F), and Café noir (#4B3621).

Artworks Featuring Kobe & Smoky black

The Young Bride palette card
The Young Bride
Mary Cassatt · 1875
Red and White palette card
Red and White
Edvard Munch · 1899
Susanna and the Elders palette card
Susanna and the Elders
Jacob Jordaens · 1653
Statuette and Vases on Oriental Carpet palette card
Statuette and Vases on Oriental Carpet
Henri Matisse · 1908
Dodo with Large Fan palette card
Dodo with Large Fan
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1910
Vanity palette card
Vanity
Frank Cadogan Cowper · 1907

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Kobe & Smoky black

6 master palettes where Kobe and Smoky black appear together most prominently.

Robert Home Palette 4 - Nocturnal Terracotta

Robert Home

37.5% Kobe · 32.9% Smoky black

George Romney Palette 17 - Abyssal Terracotta

George Romney

42.5% Kobe · 10.3% Smoky black

Joseph Highmore Palette 3 - Abyssal Umber

Joseph Highmore

26.0% Kobe · 14.1% Smoky black

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Palette 4 - Nocturnal Terracotta

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio

27.7% Kobe · 11.5% Smoky black

Orazio Gentileschi Palette 8 - Shadowed Terracotta

Orazio Gentileschi

26.6% Kobe · 11.7% Smoky black

Pietro Paolini Palette 4 - Nocturnal Terracotta

Pietro Paolini

18.0% Kobe · 15.1% Smoky black

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