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

Dawn and Night palette card
Dawn and Night
Henri Fantin-Latour
Le Vin De Tokai palette card
Le Vin De Tokai
Luis Ricardo Falero · 1886
House at Beynac palette card
House at Beynac
Gustave Loiseau
Notre Dame de la Clarte palette card
Notre Dame de la Clarte
Gustave Loiseau · 1909
The Auxerre Cathedral palette card
The Auxerre Cathedral
Gustave Loiseau
Labastide du Vert in the Lot palette card
Labastide du Vert in the Lot
Henri Martin

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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