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Light gray

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Light gray (#D3D3D3) is a light neutral shade that appears across 19 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Benedetta Cappa, Koloman Moser, and Jørgen Sonne and the Romanticism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Khaki (#C3B091), Drab dark brown (#4A412A), and Dutch white (#EFDFBB). The combination forms a pale, paper-and-plaster chord, pulls a neutral anchor into a warm composition, with a moderate step down in value that keeps the source forward.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Music Pink and Blue palette card
Music Pink and Blue
Georgia O'Keeffe · 1918
Profile of a Child (Profile of a Girl with Bird of Paradise) palette card
Profile of a Child (Profile of a Girl with Bird of Paradise)
Odilon Redon · 1908
Children in the Tree palette card
Children in the Tree
Maurice Prendergast · 1910
The Garden in Sochi palette card
The Garden in Sochi
Arshile Gorky · 1943
Roses palette card
Roses
Samuel Peploe · 1920
Venice palette card
Venice
Thomas Moran

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Light gray

6 palettes where Light gray appears prominently — one per artist.

Koloman Moser Palette 6 - Luminous Ecru

Koloman Moser

51.9% Light gray

Jørgen Sonne Palette 6 - Veiled Tawny

Jørgen Sonne

46.2% Light gray

James Charles Palette 7 - Veiled Vellum

James Charles

41.8% Light gray

Antoine Pierre Mongin Palette 1 - Pearlescent Alabaster

Antoine Pierre Mongin

38.9% Light gray

Victor Gabriel Gilbert Palette 2 - Soft Ecru

Victor Gabriel Gilbert

35.7% Light gray

Lancelot-Theodore Turpin de Crisse Palette 3 - Veiled Tawny

Lancelot-Theodore Turpin de Crisse

35.4% Light gray

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