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#F4C430

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Saffron (#F4C430) is a mid-tone warm shade that appears across 9 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Moise Kisling, Janos Mattis-Teutsch, and Tsuguharu Foujita and the Post-Impressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Seal brown (#59260B), Alloy orange (#C46210), and Smoky black (#100C08). The combination forms a sun-bleached, daylight chord, built on closely related hues, reads as a unified warm palette, with a sharp light/dark contrast that lets the darker companions read as depth.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Armageddon palette card
Armageddon
Nicholas Roerich · 1935
Saint guests palette card
Saint guests
Nicholas Roerich · 1923
Harmony in Yellow palette card
Harmony in Yellow
Henri Matisse · 1927
Oysters palette card
Oysters
Henri Matisse · 1940
Portrait of the Artist's Mother palette card
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Rembrandt · 1629
Still Life with Flower Holder palette card
Still Life with Flower Holder
Paul Cezanne · 1905

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Saffron

6 palettes where Saffron appears prominently — one per artist.

Moise Kisling Palette 7 - Soft Fawn

Moise Kisling

33.6% Saffron

Janos Mattis-Teutsch Palette 1 - Gleaming Aureolin

Janos Mattis-Teutsch

29.8% Saffron

Tsuguharu Foujita Palette 2 - Soft Fawn

Tsuguharu Foujita

27.0% Saffron

abstract Palette 4 - Gleaming Blaze

abstract

24.0% Saffron

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Palette 15 - Veiled Fawn

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

18.0% Saffron

Vasyl Yermylov Palette 1 - Soft Vermillion

Vasyl Yermylov

18.0% Saffron

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