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Smoky black

#100C08

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Smoky black (#100C08) is a very dark warm shade that appears across 20+ master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Mykola Yaroshenko, Michael Peter Ancher, and George Cochran Lambdin and the Baroque tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Bistre (#3D2B1F), Pine green (#2A2F23), and Olive Drab (#3C341F). The combination forms a cinematic, smoldering chord, built on closely related hues, reads as a unified warm palette, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Mrs. Asher Wertheimer palette card
Mrs. Asher Wertheimer
John Singer Sargent · 1904
Mrs. William Henry Vanderbilt palette card
Mrs. William Henry Vanderbilt
John Singer Sargent · 1888
Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano palette card
Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano
Raphael · 1516
Olivia Richardson palette card
Olivia Richardson
John Singer Sargent · 1883
Manuel Garcia palette card
Manuel Garcia
John Singer Sargent · 1904
Double Portrait of the Painter Frans Snyders and his Wife palette card
Double Portrait of the Painter Frans Snyders and his Wife
Anthony van Dyck · 1621

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Smoky black

6 palettes where Smoky black appears prominently — one per artist.

Mykola Yaroshenko Palette 5 - Obsidian Cinder

Mykola Yaroshenko

63.3% Smoky black

Michael Peter Ancher Palette 4 - Tenebrous Pewter

Michael Peter Ancher

59.1% Smoky black

George Cochran Lambdin Palette 3 - Abyssal Bister

George Cochran Lambdin

58.9% Smoky black

Charles Giron Palette 6 - Abyssal Sienna

Charles Giron

57.6% Smoky black

Guido Reni Palette 12 - Obsidian Sienna

Guido Reni

57.2% Smoky black

Per Krafft the Younger Palette 4 - Abyssal Bister

Per Krafft the Younger

57.2% Smoky black

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