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Umber

#635147

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Umber (#635147) is a deep warm shade that appears across 20+ master palettes in our corpus, most prominently in the work of Joseph Kreutzinger, Charles Maurin, and Anatole Vely French and the Neoclassicism tradition. Master painters paired it most often with Raisin black (#242124), Ebony (#555D50), and Ash gray (#B2BEB5). The combination forms an earthy, lived-in chord, pairs with restrained, near-neutral companions that let the source carry the chord, with the pair colors held at a similar value to the source.

Artworks Featuring This Color

Blick auf den Goethe-Turm bei Malcesine am Gardasee in der Morgendämmerung palette card
Blick auf den Goethe-Turm bei Malcesine am Gardasee in der Morgendämmerung
Julius Kohnholz
The Story of the Cross window palette card
The Story of the Cross window
Louis Comfort Tiffany · 1892
Rochedos (Monhegan Island) palette card
Rochedos (Monhegan Island)
Anita Malfatti · 1915
Smoker palette card
Smoker
Paul Cezanne · 1892
Perseus Petrifies Phineas and his Companions with the head of Medusa palette card
Perseus Petrifies Phineas and his Companions with the head of Medusa
Jean-Marc Nattier · 1740
St. Jerome Praying palette card
St. Jerome Praying
Hieronymus Bosch · 1476

Master palettes

Palettes Featuring Umber

6 palettes where Umber appears prominently — one per artist.

Joseph Kreutzinger Palette 1 - Shadowed Caramel

Joseph Kreutzinger

40.6% Umber

Charles Maurin Palette 3 - Muted Gamboge

Charles Maurin

38.8% Umber

Anatole Vely French Palette 3 - Shadowed Caramel

Anatole Vely French

33.1% Umber

William Maw Egley Palette 2 - Shadowed Parchment

William Maw Egley

28.2% Umber

Vincenzo Camuccini Palette 6 - Shadowed Gamboge

Vincenzo Camuccini

27.7% Umber

Yasuo Kuniyoshi Master Palette - Muted Tawny

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

27.6% Umber

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