Colors that go with

Pansy purple

#78184A

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Colors that go with Pansy purple

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Pansy purple (#78184A) is a deep jewel-toned shade that appears across 2 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Henri Matisse and the Abstract Expressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Smoky black (#100C08), Chinese red (#AA381E), and Slimy green (#299617). The combination forms a saturated, ceremonial chord, spans a mixed temperature range, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Woman in a Purple Coat palette card
Woman in a Purple Coat
Henri Matisse · 1937
The Surrender of the Frigate palette card
The Surrender of the Frigate
Raoul Dufy · 1934
Caryatid palette card
Caryatid
Amedeo Modigliani · 1913
The Virgin palette card
The Virgin
Gustav Klimt · 1913
The Toboggan palette card
The Toboggan
Henri Matisse · 1943
Sacred Himalayas palette card
Sacred Himalayas
Nicholas Roerich · 1932

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Pansy purple

2 palettes where Pansy purple appears prominently — one per artist.

Abstract Expressionism Palette 7 - Shadowed Caramel

Abstract Expressionism

25.2% Pansy purple

Henri Matisse Palette 22 - Shadowed Caramel

Henri Matisse

25.1% Pansy purple

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