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Light goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2) is a very pale warm shade that appears across 14 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Jean Arp, Serge Sudeikin, and Martin Schongauer and the Romanticism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Raisin black (#242124), Liver (#674C47), and Antique brass (#C88A65). The combination forms an almost-white, sunlit chord, reads as a unified warm palette, with a sharp light/dark contrast that lets the darker companions read as depth.

Artworks Featuring This Color

On Holiday palette card
On Holiday
Raphael Kirchner
Plateau Bromont at Pontgibaud (Puy de Dôme) palette card
Plateau Bromont at Pontgibaud (Puy de Dôme)
Armand Guillaumin · 1890
Beneficial herbs (Vasilisa the Wise) palette card
Beneficial herbs (Vasilisa the Wise)
Nicholas Roerich · 1941
Lulu palette card
Lulu
Raphael Kirchner
Harbor in Honfleur palette card
Harbor in Honfleur
Georges Seurat · 1886
Single Items palette card
Single Items
Raphael Kirchner

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Light goldenrod yellow

6 palettes where Light goldenrod yellow appears prominently — one per artist.

Serge Sudeikin Palette 1 - Gleaming Cream

Serge Sudeikin

31.8% Light goldenrod yellow

Jean Arp Palette 3 - Soft Ecru

Jean Arp

29.8% Light goldenrod yellow

Martin Schongauer Palette 1 - Gleaming Cream

Martin Schongauer

29.4% Light goldenrod yellow

Karl Bryullov Palette 1 - Soft Ecru

Karl Bryullov

25.8% Light goldenrod yellow

John Leech Palette 4 - Soft Calico

John Leech

25.7% Light goldenrod yellow

Marc Chagall Palette 1 - Gleaming Muslin

Marc Chagall

24.3% Light goldenrod yellow

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