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Rust

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Rust (#B7410E) is a deep warm shade that appears across 12 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Johannes Itten, Arturo Michelena, and Christopher Wood and the Academic Art tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Satin sheen gold (#CBA135), Smoky black (#100C08), and Space cadet (#1D2951). The combination forms an earthy, lived-in chord, reads as a unified warm palette, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

The Incantation (The Holy Wood) palette card
The Incantation (The Holy Wood)
Paul Serusier · 1891
View of Collioure palette card
View of Collioure
Henri Matisse · 1905
Spots of Sunlight on the Terrace palette card
Spots of Sunlight on the Terrace
Maurice Denis · 1890
The Lesson palette card
The Lesson
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1900
Hygeia, Goddess of Health palette card
Hygeia, Goddess of Health
Peter Paul Rubens · 1615
Jeanne Hebuterne in Red Shawl palette card
Jeanne Hebuterne in Red Shawl
Amedeo Modigliani · 1917

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Rust

6 palettes where Rust appears prominently — one per artist.

Johannes Itten Palette 2 - Shadowed Caramel

Johannes Itten

24.8% Rust

Arturo Michelena Palette 4 - Muted Vermillion

Arturo Michelena

21.4% Rust

Christopher Wood Palette 3 - Pale Topaz

Christopher Wood

18.7% Rust

Neo-baroque Master Palette - Muted Tawny

Neo-baroque

18.0% Rust

Ethel Reed Palette 6 - Shadowed Rust

Ethel Reed

17.4% Rust

abstract Palette 27 - Muted Caramel

abstract

17.0% Rust

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