Color one

Persian plum

#701C1C

Color two

Smoky black

#100C08

Persian plum (#701C1C) and Smoky black (#100C08) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Adolphe Yvon, Wyndham Lewis, and Hermann Schneider and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed persian plum at an average of 33% of the canvas, with smoky black at 11%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Dark sienna (#3C1414), Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), and Bistre (#3D2B1F).

Artworks Featuring Persian plum & Smoky black

The Discovery of the Child Erichthonius palette card
The Discovery of the Child Erichthonius
Peter Paul Rubens · 1615
The Two Crowns palette card
The Two Crowns
Frank Dicksee · 1900
Flowers in a Green Vase Dahlilas and Asters palette card
Flowers in a Green Vase Dahlilas and Asters
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1910
L'italienne (at the Fountain) palette card
L'italienne (at the Fountain)
Charles Sprague Pearce · 1875
Japanese Flower palette card
Japanese Flower
Alexej von Jawlensky · 1913
Copper Beeches palette card
Copper Beeches
Henri Matisse · 1901

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Persian plum & Smoky black

6 master palettes where Persian plum and Smoky black appear together most prominently.

Adolphe Yvon Palette 6 - Nocturnal Umber

Adolphe Yvon

34.1% Persian plum · 14.2% Smoky black

Wyndham Lewis Palette 2 - Penumbral Tawny

Wyndham Lewis

31.4% Persian plum · 13.4% Smoky black

Hermann Schneider Palette 3 - Shadowed Caramel

Hermann Schneider

43.7% Persian plum · 7.2% Smoky black

Serge Sudeikin Palette 9 - Shadowed Terracotta

Serge Sudeikin

21.8% Persian plum · 14.4% Smoky black

Agnolo Bronzino Palette 6 - Shadowed Terracotta

Agnolo Bronzino

27.6% Persian plum · 10.2% Smoky black

Robert Home Palette 4 - Nocturnal Terracotta

Robert Home

37.5% Persian plum · 7.2% Smoky black

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