Color Names

Grisaille

Grey scale made paintable, an artist's sketch in monochrome.

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Grisaille is a cool grey.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Grisaille

Grisaille

Grisaille is a painting executed entirely in shades of black and grey or of another neutral greyish colour. It is particularly used in large decorative schemes in imitation of sculpture. Many grisailles include a slightly wider colour range.

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grisaille

Noun

  1. In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.
  2. A stained-glass window in this style.
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