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A living archive of how artists work with color across time. Each artist profile scans publicly available works to trace dominant colors, a chromatic fingerprint, and the arc of a palette across a lifetime.A living archive of how artists work with color across time, tracing palettes, fingerprints, and lifetime arcs from public works.

Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.

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Abraham Mignon

7 works, 1660.

Palette: #1E1C14 #362F20 #7E6C4B #4E4936 #623921 #0D0D09 #A0947F #B5B1A5

  • Still Life with Fruit, Fish, and a Nest (ca. 1675): #19160D #272316 #38321D #76603E #50341A #525036
  • Stilleven Met Vruchten, Oesters en Een Porseleinen Kom (1660): #0F0E0B #33281A #443F30 #070705 #5D5F51 #888372
  • Stilleven Met Vruchten en Een Puttertje (1660): #2E2D23 #4C3F28 #494937 #7E744D #71492C
  • De Omvergeworpen Ruiker (1660): #181711 #302D1F #544E38 #7B664A #73392A #A49A7F
  • Stilleven Met Bloemen en Een Horloge (1660): #1F1C16 #38322D #98432E #4F4E47 #6E6F66 #633425
  • Stilleven Met Vruchten en Bokaal Op Hanenpoot (1660): #20211A #392F1E #705E35 #4A4026 #5D3A23
  • Stilleven Met Vruchten en Oesters (1660): #242116 #75633C #11130A #56381F #423D29 #402E1D

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