Color one

Smoky black

#100C08

Color two

Van Dyke brown

#664228

Smoky black (#100C08) and Van Dyke brown (#664228) appear together across 6 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Carl Haag, Gilbert Stuart, and Per Krafft the Younger and the Rococo tradition. Painters typically deployed smoky black at an average of 40% of the canvas, with van dyke brown at 16%. Third colors most often completing the combination include Bistre (#3D2B1F), Zinnwaldite brown (#2C1608), and Coyote brown (#81613C).

Artworks Featuring Smoky black & Van Dyke brown

Bacante palette card
Bacante
José Garnelo · 1936
Lunia Czechowska palette card
Lunia Czechowska
Amedeo Modigliani · 1919
Self Portrait palette card
Self Portrait
Joseph Ducreux · 1793
Izborsk. Towers. palette card
Izborsk. Towers.
Nicholas Roerich · 1903
Portrait of Dorothy Barnard palette card
Portrait of Dorothy Barnard
John Singer Sargent · 1889
Ulysses and Calypso palette card
Ulysses and Calypso
Arnold Böcklin · 1883

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Smoky black & Van Dyke brown

6 master palettes where Smoky black and Van Dyke brown appear together most prominently.

Carl Haag Palette 7 - Abyssal Bister

Carl Haag

30.1% Smoky black · 26.4% Van Dyke brown

Gilbert Stuart Palette 2 - Shadowed Umber

Gilbert Stuart

42.9% Smoky black · 17.1% Van Dyke brown

Per Krafft the Younger Palette 4 - Abyssal Bister

Per Krafft the Younger

57.2% Smoky black · 9.1% Van Dyke brown

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Palette 11 - Nocturnal Bister

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

41.3% Smoky black · 11.1% Van Dyke brown

David Allan Palette 7 - Nocturnal Terracotta

David Allan

23.3% Smoky black · 19.6% Van Dyke brown

Rudolf Jordan Palette 5 - Abyssal Sienna

Rudolf Jordan

43.8% Smoky black · 10.0% Van Dyke brown

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