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#003153

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Prussian blue (#003153) is a very dark cool shade that appears across 10 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Sonia Delaunay, Henri Lehmann, and Duccio and the Expressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Khaki (#C3B091), Metallic Sunburst (#9C7C38), and Bone (#E3DAC9). The combination forms a moody, nocturnal chord, built on a complementary hue split, leans on warm companions to lift a cool source color, with a sharp light/dark contrast that lets the lighter companions read as highlights.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Himalayas. Chain of mountains. palette card
Himalayas. Chain of mountains.
Nicholas Roerich · 1942
Moonlight Night. Winter palette card
Moonlight Night. Winter
Arkhyp Kuindzhi
Sea at night palette card
Sea at night
Ivan Aivazovsky
Blumen in einer Vase palette card
Blumen in einer Vase
Alexej von Jawlensky · 1918
Gryning Över Riddarfjärden palette card
Gryning Över Riddarfjärden
Eugène Jansson · 1899
The Shipwreck palette card
The Shipwreck
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1864

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Prussian blue

6 palettes where Prussian blue appears prominently — one per artist.

Sonia Delaunay Palette 3 - Muted Ash

Sonia Delaunay

24.3% Prussian blue

Muralism Palette 5 - Somber Leaden

Muralism

21.6% Prussian blue

Henri Lehmann Palette 5 - Somber Stone

Henri Lehmann

19.6% Prussian blue

Duccio Palette 6 - Muted Gamboge

Duccio

18.4% Prussian blue

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Palette 5 - Shadowed Tawny

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

16.9% Prussian blue

Olga Rozanova Palette 2 - Shadowed Parchment

Olga Rozanova

16.8% Prussian blue

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