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Sandy brown

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Sandy brown (#F4A460) is a mid-tone warm shade that appears across 3 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Max Oppenheimer and the Symbolism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Royal blue (#002366), Flax (#EEDC82), and Raisin black (#242124). The combination forms a sun-bleached, daylight chord, built on a split-complementary spread, spans a mixed temperature range, with a moderate step down in value that keeps the source forward.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Basgo palette card
Basgo
Nicholas Roerich · 1932
Nude with Coral Necklace palette card
Nude with Coral Necklace
Amedeo Modigliani · 1917
Storm palette card
Storm
James Ward · 1859
View of Constantinople by evening light palette card
View of Constantinople by evening light
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1846
The St. Petersburg Stock Exchange palette card
The St. Petersburg Stock Exchange
Ivan Aivazovsky · 1847
A Sculptor s Model (Venus Esquilina) palette card
A Sculptor s Model (Venus Esquilina)
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1877

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Sandy brown

3 palettes where Sandy brown appears prominently — one per artist.

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky Palette 5 - Pale Fawn

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky

17.5% Sandy brown

still life Palette 13 - Muted Vermillion

still life

16.8% Sandy brown

Max Oppenheimer Palette 1 - Pale Blaze

Max Oppenheimer

15.1% Sandy brown

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