Color one

Oxblood

#4A0000

Color two

Rich black

#010203

Oxblood (#4A0000) and Rich black (#010203) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of John Singleton Copley, and Paul-Albert Besnard and the Neoclassicism tradition. Painters typically deployed oxblood at an average of 4% of the canvas, with rich black at 12%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Bone (#E3DAC9), Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), and Magnolia (#F2E8D7).

Artworks Featuring Oxblood & Rich black

Banderilles palette card
Banderilles
Félix Del Marle · 1931
St. Mary Magdalene palette card
St. Mary Magdalene
Pietro Perugino · 1500
Sacrifice of Isaac palette card
Sacrifice of Isaac
Caravaggio · 1598
Hystaspes. Shahnameh. palette card
Hystaspes. Shahnameh.
Nicholas Roerich · 1938
Porträtt av en kvinna palette card
Porträtt av en kvinna
Jean-Paul Laurens · 1874
A Classical Lady palette card
A Classical Lady
John William Godward · 1908

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Oxblood & Rich black

2 master palettes where Oxblood and Rich black appear together most prominently.

John Singleton Copley Palette 14 - Abyssal Terracotta

John Singleton Copley

16.3% Oxblood · 36.9% Rich black

Paul-Albert Besnard Palette 4 - Nocturnal Bister

Paul-Albert Besnard

8.1% Oxblood · 34.6% Rich black

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