Color one

Onyx

#353839

Color two

Umber

#635147

Onyx (#353839) and Umber (#635147) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of El Lissitzky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Utagawa Kunisada and the Expressionism tradition. Painters typically deployed onyx at an average of 26% of the canvas, with umber at 16%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Eerie black (#1B1B1B), Shadow (#8A795D), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Onyx & Umber

Still life with skull, candle and book palette card
Still life with skull, candle and book
Paul Cezanne · 1866
Vase of Flowers palette card
Vase of Flowers
Paul Cezanne · 1900
House on Fehmarn palette card
House on Fehmarn
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Flower pot at a table palette card
Flower pot at a table
Paul Cezanne · 1869
Le Vin De Tokai palette card
Le Vin De Tokai
Luis Ricardo Falero · 1886
The Sacrifice of Flowers palette card
The Sacrifice of Flowers
Mihaly Munkacsy · 1896

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Onyx & Umber

6 master palettes where Onyx and Umber appear together most prominently.

El Lissitzky Palette 7 - Shadowed Sienna

El Lissitzky

43.4% Onyx · 18.9% Umber

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Palette 9 - Muted Gamboge

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

23.6% Onyx · 16.3% Umber

literary painting Palette 18 - Shadowed Ash

literary painting

22.7% Onyx · 14.8% Umber

Utagawa Kunisada Palette 5 - Muted Parchment

Utagawa Kunisada

22.4% Onyx · 14.6% Umber

Otto Mueller Palette 6 - Penumbral Bister

Otto Mueller

24.8% Onyx · 12.6% Umber

Alexander Shevchenko Palette 5 - Shadowed Ash

Alexander Shevchenko

17.3% Onyx · 16.2% Umber

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