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Spanish gray

#989898

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Spanish gray (#989898) is a mid-tone neutral shade that appears across 19 master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Kees van Dongen, Cuno Amiet, and Thomas Eakins and the Impressionism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Khaki (#C3B091), Bone (#E3DAC9), and Raisin black (#242124). The combination forms a quiet, editorial chord, pulls a neutral anchor into a warm composition, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

La Nouvelle Route, Cotignac palette card
La Nouvelle Route, Cotignac
Lucien Pissarro · 1937
Low Tide, Afternoon, Treport palette card
Low Tide, Afternoon, Treport
Maurice Prendergast · 1892
Bloody Run palette card
Bloody Run
John Henry Twachtman · 1882
Mrs. Henry Marquand palette card
Mrs. Henry Marquand
John Singer Sargent · 1887
Summer palette card
Summer
Frank W. Benson · 1909
View of Sainte-Adresse palette card
View of Sainte-Adresse
Raoul Dufy

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Spanish gray

6 palettes where Spanish gray appears prominently — one per artist.

Cuno Amiet Palette 4 - Muted Tawny

Cuno Amiet

35.9% Spanish gray

Thomas Eakins Palette 6 - Veiled Parchment

Thomas Eakins

31.0% Spanish gray

Archibald Motley Palette 1 - Muted Parchment

Archibald Motley

30.3% Spanish gray

Pellegrino Tibaldi Palette 1 - Muted Tawny

Pellegrino Tibaldi

29.1% Spanish gray

Frank W. Benson Palette 6 - Veiled Parchment

Frank W. Benson

28.7% Spanish gray

Albert Aublet Palette 2 - Soft Ivory

Albert Aublet

28.2% Spanish gray

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