Color one

Rich black

#010203

Color two

Seal brown

#59260B

Rich black (#010203) and Seal brown (#59260B) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of José María Casado del Alisal, Tamara de Lempicka, and Charles Laval and the Academic Art tradition. Painters typically deployed rich black at an average of 42% of the canvas, with seal brown at 10%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), Dark sienna (#3C1414), and Saddle brown (#8B4513).

Artworks Featuring Rich black & Seal brown

Venus and Vulcan palette card
Venus and Vulcan
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1758
The Ponte Vecchio, Florence palette card
The Ponte Vecchio, Florence
William Holman Hunt · 1867
The Union of Earth and Water palette card
The Union of Earth and Water
Peter Paul Rubens · 1618
Mischief and Repose palette card
Mischief and Repose
John William Godward · 1895
The Four Evangelists palette card
The Four Evangelists
Jacob Jordaens · 1617
Cassandra Begging Minerva for Vengeance on Ajax palette card
Cassandra Begging Minerva for Vengeance on Ajax
Jérôme-Martin Langlois · 1810

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Rich black & Seal brown

6 master palettes where Rich black and Seal brown appear together most prominently.

José María Casado del Alisal Palette 5 - Abyssal Umber

José María Casado del Alisal

47.6% Rich black · 21.0% Seal brown

Tamara de Lempicka Palette 3 - Nocturnal Umber

Tamara de Lempicka

45.2% Rich black · 7.3% Seal brown

Charles Laval Palette 4 - Nocturnal Umber

Charles Laval

27.4% Rich black · 11.8% Seal brown

Domenico Beccafumi Palette 9 - Nocturnal Bister

Domenico Beccafumi

30.6% Rich black · 10.1% Seal brown

Andrea Solario Palette 5 - Obsidian Sienna

Andrea Solario

63.9% Rich black · 4.7% Seal brown

Tenebrism Palette 21 - Abyssal Bister

Tenebrism

38.1% Rich black · 6.0% Seal brown

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