Color one

Oxford blue

#002147

Color two

Smoky black

#100C08

Oxford blue (#002147) and Smoky black (#100C08) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Herbert James Draper, Mykola Yaroshenko, and Boleslas Biegas and the Precisionism tradition. Painters typically deployed oxford blue at an average of 32% of the canvas, with smoky black at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Platinum (#E5E4E2), Independence (#4C516D), and Bone (#E3DAC9).

Artworks Featuring Oxford blue & Smoky black

Darial Gorge palette card
Darial Gorge
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1862
Roses palette card
Roses
Samuel Peploe · 1920
A Clown palette card
A Clown
George Luks · 1929
Darial Gorge. Moon night palette card
Darial Gorge. Moon night
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1868
Blue Courtyard, Arenys de Munt palette card
Blue Courtyard, Arenys de Munt
Santiago Rusinol · 1913
Call of the Sky palette card
Call of the Sky
Nicholas Roerich · 1935

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Oxford blue & Smoky black

6 master palettes where Oxford blue and Smoky black appear together most prominently.

Precisionism Palette 11 - Somber Stone

Precisionism

25.7% Oxford blue · 19.8% Smoky black

Herbert James Draper Palette 8 - Shadowed Ash

Herbert James Draper

14.5% Oxford blue · 25.1% Smoky black

Mykola Yaroshenko Palette 5 - Obsidian Cinder

Mykola Yaroshenko

63.3% Oxford blue · 3.8% Smoky black

Boleslas Biegas Palette 3 - Cavernous Shale

Boleslas Biegas

18.5% Oxford blue · 12.7% Smoky black

William Hawkins Palette 4 - Somber Ash

William Hawkins

38.5% Oxford blue · 4.5% Smoky black

Artemisia Gentileschi Palette 7 - Shadowed Bister

Artemisia Gentileschi

32.1% Oxford blue · 3.0% Smoky black

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