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Persian red

#CC3333

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Persian red (#CC3333) is a mid-tone warm shade that appears across 2 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Erich Buchholz, and Jean Metzinger and the Constructivism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Camel (#C19A6B), Jonquil (#F4CA16), and Independence (#4C516D). The combination forms a sun-bleached, daylight chord, reads as a unified warm palette, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Study for The Spanish Dance palette card
Study for The Spanish Dance
John Singer Sargent · 1879
Red Jacket palette card
Red Jacket
Henri Matisse · 1937
Dancer palette card
Dancer
Henri Matisse · 1925
Les rochers rouges palette card
Les rochers rouges
Armand Guillaumin · 1894
Two Girls palette card
Two Girls
Henri Matisse · 1941
Dr. Pozzi at Home palette card
Dr. Pozzi at Home
John Singer Sargent · 1881

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Persian red

2 palettes where Persian red appears prominently — one per artist.

Erich Buchholz Palette 5 - Muted Vermillion

Erich Buchholz

22.0% Persian red

Jean Metzinger Palette 5 - Muted Tawny

Jean Metzinger

18.3% Persian red

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