Color one

Rich black

#010203

Color two

Umber

#635147

Rich black (#010203) and Umber (#635147) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Francisco Goya, Giovanni Battista Moroni, and Gabriel Metsu and the Romanticism tradition. Painters typically deployed rich black at an average of 32% of the canvas, with umber at 10%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Raisin black (#242124), Old burgundy (#43302E), and Khaki (#C3B091).

Artworks Featuring Rich black & Umber

Autumn palette card
Autumn
Giuseppe Arcimboldo · 1572
The Story of the Cross window palette card
The Story of the Cross window
Louis Comfort Tiffany · 1892
Gaspard Meyer or The Man in the Red Waistcoat palette card
Gaspard Meyer or The Man in the Red Waistcoat
Jacques-Louis David · 1795
Woman in Black Stockings palette card
Woman in Black Stockings
Pierre Bonnard · 1900
Justice, from the 'Stanza della Segnatura' palette card
Justice, from the 'Stanza della Segnatura'
Raphael · 1509
Alice Wernher born Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz palette card
Alice Wernher born Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz
John Singer Sargent · 1902

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Rich black & Umber

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

Francisco Goya Palette 10 - Nocturnal Bister

Francisco Goya

35.2% Rich black · 10.9% Umber

Giovanni Battista Moroni Palette 1 - Shadowed Parchment

Giovanni Battista Moroni

29.2% Rich black · 11.8% Umber

Gabriel Metsu Palette 2 - Nocturnal Sienna

Gabriel Metsu

42.5% Rich black · 6.9% Umber

Juriaen van Streeck Palette 4 - Nocturnal Bister

Juriaen van Streeck

24.9% Rich black · 11.1% Umber

Fra Bartolomeo Palette 3 - Shadowed Bister

Fra Bartolomeo

25.2% Rich black · 10.7% Umber

John Hoppner Palette 8 - Nocturnal Bister

John Hoppner

32.6% Rich black · 8.0% Umber

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