The Colorist
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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.

Scanning works…

Adolph Gottlieb

Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter who also made sculpture and became a printmaker.

Palette: #BBBFB7 #7F7D6C #685838 #958548 #0C0C0B #A57158 #840414 #45585D

  • Blast (1960): #F3F0EB #840414 #15201C #D3C7B8 #E6B8AD #D38D82
  • The Alchemist (1945): #A57158 #7D6D59 #B89D89 #B06844 #73503A #627681
  • Labyrinth No. 2 (1950): #B6BEC1 #86C5C4 #DFE4E5 #455B61 #7D898D #1F3237
  • Freidrich: #8F8375 #CCC9C0 #A9A298 #F4F3EE #6C5A49 #593B25
  • Sun Deck (1936): #948547 #B6BCAD #0C0C0B #768067 #685B2F #4E4528
  • Sun Deck (1936): #968649 #B0B8A8 #0C0D0B #757F65 #665A2F #332D19

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