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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…

Adriaan de Lelie

9 works, 1780 to 1815.

Palette: #473F23 #85754D #2D2B22 #60532A #171510 #2C200C #B79F72 #D6CBA5

  • Morgenbezoek (1796): #4F4630 #7A6E53 #322C22 #1F1C17 #604E2D
  • Jonkheer Gijsbert Carel Rutger Reinier van Brienen van Ramerus (1771-1821), Met Zijn Vrouw en Vier van Hun Kinderen (1804): #898151 #5E593B #3F3B2A #25241D #DAD4A7 #B6B081
  • Barend Klijn Barendsz (1774-1829). Dichter (1813): #433717 #292110 #150D08 #5D4A1F #37220A #291508
  • Portret van Gerrit Verdooren (1757-1824). Vice Admiraal (1814): #45401D #262524 #635A2B #161615 #D9C5AA #8D6523
  • Portret van Wilhelmina Maria Haack (1786-1857). Vierde Echtgenote van Gerrit Verdooren (1814): #45421F #C6BC90 #E2DDC3 #5D4B1B #A29461 #82713E
  • De Koekenbakster (1790): #62532C #443416 #1C1408 #28220F #927F53 #35250F
  • Portret van Jan Nieuwenhuyzen (1780): #483F27 #1D1B17 #6F5F37 #35301F #B79264 #0F0F0D
  • Cornelis Sebille Roos (1754-1820). Kunstkoper en -Makelaar Te Amsterdam en Inspecteur van de Nationale Konst-Gallery Op Het Huis Ten Bosch Te den Haag (1815): #282926 #524D30 #7E7652 #12120F #BDA180 #312B1C
  • Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755-1801). Gouverneur-Generaal (1802): #4D4736 #36322B #7F7957 #D8C585 #BDA167 #845B41

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