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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

The Effect of Sunlight on the Banks of the Loing palette card
The Effect of Sunlight on the Banks of the Loing
Francis Picabia
Himalayas palette card
Himalayas
Nicholas Roerich · 1947
Himalayas palette card
Himalayas
Nicholas Roerich · 1945
Vista de los volcanes desde Tacubaya palette card
Vista de los volcanes desde Tacubaya
Jose Maria Velasco · 1871
Khan's grave palette card
Khan's grave
Nicholas Roerich · 1935
Brush Country Landscape palette card
Brush Country Landscape
Robert Julian Onderdonk

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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