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Light purple (#D8BFD8) is a light jewel-toned shade that appears across 4 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Alexandre Benois, Patrick Henry Bruce, and Maurice Braun and the Art Nouveau tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Pale purple (#FAE6FA), Periwinkle (#C3CDE6), and Parchment (#F1E9D2). The combination forms a delicate jewel chord, spans a mixed temperature range, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Sunbath palette card
Sunbath
Frederick Carl Frieseke · 1914
Dune IV palette card
Dune IV
Piet Mondrian · 1909
Vista de los volcanes desde Tacubaya palette card
Vista de los volcanes desde Tacubaya
Jose Maria Velasco · 1871
Portrait of Jeanne Kieffer palette card
Portrait of Jeanne Kieffer
John Singer Sargent · 1879
Bathers palette card
Bathers
Henri-Edmond Cross · 1906
Banks of the Seine at Champrosay palette card
Banks of the Seine at Champrosay
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1876

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Light purple

4 palettes where Light purple appears prominently — one per artist.

Alexandre Benois Palette 3 - Hushed Ecru

Alexandre Benois

24.1% Light purple

Patrick Henry Bruce Palette 3 - Dimmed Stone

Patrick Henry Bruce

22.8% Light purple

Maurice Braun Palette 1 - Gilded Cream

Maurice Braun

22.1% Light purple

Samuel Peploe Palette 1 - Effulgent Vapor

Samuel Peploe

16.3% Light purple

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