Royal blue (#002366) is a deep cool shade that appears across 7 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Aleksandra Ekster, Paul Jacoulet, and George Henry and the Cubo-Futurism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Almond (#EED9C4), Sandy brown (#F4A460), and Chinese red (#AA381E). The combination forms an austere, contemplative 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.
