Color one

Medium purple

#9370DB

Color two

Van Dyke brown

#664228

Medium purple (#9370DB) and Van Dyke brown (#664228) appear together across 3 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Richard Parkes Bonington, and Domenico Ghirlandaio and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed medium purple at an average of 8% of the canvas, with van dyke brown at 7%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Sandy brown (#F4A460), Beaver (#9F8170), and Blue bell (#A2A2D0).

Artworks Featuring Medium purple & Van Dyke brown

Nude with Coral Necklace palette card
Nude with Coral Necklace
Amedeo Modigliani · 1917
The Daughters of Pelichtim palette card
The Daughters of Pelichtim
Paul Serusier · 1908
Adam and Eve palette card
Adam and Eve
Paul Gauguin · 1902
Oka. Evening. palette card
Oka. Evening.
Vasily Polenov · 1903
Silence palette card
Silence
Odilon Redon
Beneath the Canopy palette card
Beneath the Canopy
Joaquín Sorolla · 1910

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Medium purple & Van Dyke brown

2 master palettes where Medium purple and Van Dyke brown appear together most prominently.

Richard Parkes Bonington Palette 5 - Hushed Bisque

Richard Parkes Bonington

17.3% Medium purple · 7.2% Van Dyke brown

Domenico Ghirlandaio Palette 1 - Muted Tawny

Domenico Ghirlandaio

6.9% Medium purple · 14.2% Van Dyke brown

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