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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…

Adriaen Coorte

6 works, 1696 to 1705.

Palette: #100C06 #21170E #3B2918 #572C17 #291E10 #826C48 #6D4B2A #AC9D76

  • Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants (1696): #1F1511 #352316 #96794F #795637 #B8A772 #592E1D
  • Stilleven Met Asperges (1697): #110F08 #271F11 #4B3A27 #ADA58C #7A6C54 #CCC8AF
  • Een Testje Aardbeien Op Een Stenen Plint (1696): #0E0A05 #2C1D10 #5A2615 #54331A #441915 #7A6139
  • Vier Abrikozen Op Een Stenen Plint (1698): #0C0804 #573619 #302113 #1C130A #72542B #522615
  • Een Takje Kruisbessen Op Een Stenen Plint (1699): #120F07 #20190E #392817 #5F502F
  • Drie Perziken Op Een Stenen Plint (1705): #26190D #170E08 #412A16 #A28B5A #6F4522 #866C42

The Palette

How the palette changed

Chromatic Comparison

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