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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.

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Albrecht Dürer

Dürer brought Northern precision to color. His watercolors capture nature with scientific accuracy while his oils deploy rich, jewel-like tones of Venetian influence.

Palette: #A87A4E #D1B081 #6A4728 #8D6034 #824B2E #B14229 #0E0E0D #D9994A

  • Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (probably 1519): #212914 #875E43 #382E21 #8B8263 #646148 #201913
  • Salvator Mundi (ca. 1505): #28410D #213416 #997B5A #184C69 #38667C #9E4D32
  • Virgin and Child (1516): #AA7A57 #181104 #2A1E07 #6B462C #4F1611 #94611E
  • Willibald Pirkheimer (1524): #1B170E #564820 #311E0E #503214 #7B5B30 #423217
  • The Painter's Father (16th century): #553315 #9B6143 #3A2515 #251E16 #744B25 #BB8A53
  • Self-Portrait: #271B11 #14120E #3E2617 #9E6D43 #5B3A22 #7A4F2F
  • Burkhard of Speyer (16th Century) (1506): #070504 #573111 #905C2E #1B1107 #321909 #BEA782
  • Johannes Kleberger (1526): #675334 #B1A28C #3D301E #A37E5A #D7AA80 #271C14
  • Lot and His Daughters: #766A3B #524825 #675843 #C6B28E #A68C5F #3B3125
  • Lot and His Daughters: #86724E #5E5C29 #B68D5B #4A3E27 #DCCEBA #1D1A15
  • Madonna and Child: #172935 #55492E #9E7A5A #C8B399 #AD371D #15425A
  • Emperor Maximilian I (1519): #343E1A #110D0E #633723 #896044 #2E1A19 #46241D
  • Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1505): #16100D #7D4D19 #BC946A #977247 #593312 #442811
  • Das Lüsterweibchen (1513): #C9C9B7 #B6A974 #8F8265 #8E7337 #372613 #120905
  • Painting Of (1495): #9EAFA7 #99927F #CBC3B1 #7B8D87 #6C6A5C #9B7560
  • Madonna and Child (Haller Madonna): #433B22 #162834 #7A6042 #B7906E #C6B59D #AD371D
  • Photographic Print of Madonna and Child Painting Attributed to Albrecht Dã¼rer: #B2A48C #5C473D #7E6A5B #382521 #978572 #231817
  • Emperor Maximilan I.: #5C4119 #53744A #724518 #3A2D11 #263616 #856730
  • Salvator Mundi with the Child Jesus (1493): #E2BF9A #CEA173 #926A4D #634738 #402D27 #AB8B69
  • Little Owl (1502): #CCB59A #7F6F5E #A7947F #5C4D3D #41392D #2C271E
  • Small Piece of Turf (1495): #E2CEB4 #646C51 #464139 #959778 #444831 #B5AE91
  • Columbine (1495): #DCC8AD #8E9A6B #595A4D #B5AA86 #8E8A6C #66734E
  • Lion (1495): #E0CAB0 #8F684E #5D4838 #B89270 #C2A98E
  • Swallowwort (1495): #E6DCCB #8A9676 #656756 #B7B89E #48433B #302D28
  • Courtyard of Innsbruck Castle (Without Clouds) (1495): #998F7C #E1CEB5 #C0AC94 #66604F #484132
  • Courtyard of Innsbruck Castle with Clouds (1495): #DBD2BB #BAAC93 #9F8D71 #776851 #AD805A #514431
  • The Christ Child as the Redeemer (1493): #CDAB86 #9F866B #74634E #53493B
  • Violet Bouquet (1495): #E2D1AD #5F865C #535A4C #6A676B #838377 #C3B68E
  • Head of a Woman (1503): #CD9B61 #E3D2A4 #5F2E34 #B5754B #93523A #6F3630
  • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1501): #4A3227 #2C1C19 #1D1211 #D89658 #AA6E3F #7C4123
  • St. Unuphrius (1505): #966522 #95968F #C69C58 #644615 #734114 #3C2510
  • Portrait of St Sebastian with an Arrow (1499): #542B22 #8F4431 #120C09 #AF794E #AE4133 #2A1A17
  • Portrait of a Man (1520): #180E0E #805C3C #873425 #563D2D #7B735A #5D6462
  • Jabach Altar: Piper and Drummer (1507): #89A7AB #C86F56 #925B38 #B3403E #321F1A #B47E48
  • The Four Apostles: Saints John and Peter (1526): #AD411A #431617 #B58035 #361815 #541718 #681D19
  • The Four Apostles: Saints Mark and Paul (1526): #151212 #C2BFB5 #948F7E #29281F #66634F #464432
  • Not This Man but Barabbas (1528): #BA9A64 #6D572C #9C7238 #413217 #67411B #987F50
  • Christ and Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere) (1528): #42332B #4F5142 #775B3B #7F7E6B #31453F #536864
  • Saint Jerome (1528): #0A0A07 #A06719 #6C3E11 #281C10 #49260A #D6932F
  • Saint Jerome in His Study (1528): #403F3B #242421 #5A4030 #93623A #BB672D #60351D
  • Portrait of Oswolt Krel: "Sylvan Men" with Heraldic Shields of Oswolt Krel (1499): #231B1F #43352C #6D5648 #825337 #BAACA5 #16110F
  • Portrait of Oswolt Krel: Oswolt Krel (1499): #0A1B1A #D23507 #614123 #C88630 #A56823 #B02810
  • Portrait of Oswolt Krel: "Sylvan Men" with Heraldic Shields of Agathe von Esendorf (1499): #22130E #6A3B1D #452412 #998F8A #331D10 #925E36
  • Marriage Coat of Arms of the Families Duerer and Holper. Verso of the the Elder Portrait (1490): #352A2E #753F26 #FBE11E #F6C00D #BC7127 #F04E25
  • The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin: the Flight Into Egypt (1496): #B88863 #1F1616 #453835 #7F6552 #8F5841 #DAB286
  • The Holy Family (1494): #A17544 #5C5F56 #C4BFB2 #CC9E55 #C29D76 #725938
  • Portrait of Johann Kleeberger (1526): #746333 #E3C08F #413716 #AE8351 #2D240F #CFC6B4
  • Self-Portrait (1498): #2A2415 #4B4021 #7A6E47 #16140A #A08955 #60481D
  • Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle (1493): #151518 #4C3D2C #9A8D5F #26221F #766540 #352618
  • Christ Among the Doctors (1506): #895C30 #1F2328 #BC9766 #705233 #4F3121 #A87944
  • Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe (1500): #131411 #26180B #3F2712 #46240A #956A44 #5E310A
  • Mary and Child (1512): #965E3C #D4885E #1D1207 #6A3C27 #4C2818 #45364B
  • Adoration of the Magi (1504): #08050C #285281 #AA6727 #6C3212 #501F0D #8B4818
  • Dresden Altarpiece (1496): #624B3C #A7947E #73695C #372D2D #4C3226 #42474F
  • Lamentation of Christ (1500): #13150E #C6B184 #867351 #3A2614 #79522D #9F6338
  • Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds (1500): #2B3033 #7B94AB #4B576A #50372A #0C1013 #AF8A79
  • Portrait of a Young Woman with Braided Hair (1497): #824A29 #B56131 #412C1F #2B2A23 #A79370 #69462B
  • Haller Madonna (1495): #162530 #4E4229 #C6B093 #9F7B5B #15425B #AD371D
  • The Madonna of the Carnation (1516): #B59588 #634430 #8C6855 #283313 #1F2610 #3B2517
  • Bagnacavallo Madonna (1495): #352821 #B98858 #DAB77D #7E4634 #564032 #765F44
  • The Virgin Mary in Prayer (1518): #86301A #B67C4B #132D1B #0F1D2C #E5A25E #57611E
  • Portrait of Barbara Holper (1490): #2D3412 #4A1B19 #E1C7A4 #722F20 #8D7861 #BEA080
  • Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen (1521): #04090A #793723 #241F16 #CC8756 #C8AF8A #413523
  • Burkard von Speyer (1506): #080604 #562F10 #351907 #211307 #8A5324 #A46F3F
  • Portrait of Elspeth Tucher (1499): #CCA96D #BC8454 #A16647 #5D3A2C #825E44 #7C402B
  • Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony (1496): #231F19 #8B8250 #3C3023 #B28B68 #75683A #5D4D3E
  • Portrait of Felicitas Tucher (1499): #DFC181 #C99B66 #332C2C #7B6852 #AD6A50 #544540
  • Portrait of Hans Tucher (1499): #272422 #593A34 #B85D4A #51443C #D5AC6B #975744
  • Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher (1526): #643D1A #9BA984 #3B210C #CFA56E #A0794A #815D33
  • Portrait of Jakob Muffel (1526): #6E5221 #638378 #523B1A #392A18 #2F3C32 #071612
  • Portrait of the Nuremberg Painter Michael Wolgemut (1516): #596B18 #B99456 #684621 #22180D #432911 #425212
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1500): #231E1B #C38C65 #774A3B #412925 #9C6950 #5E3B34
  • Portrait of a Venetian Woman (1505): #17120E #85572B #BE9974 #603514 #311E0F #4B2D16
  • Portrait of a Young Woman with a (Red) Beret (1507): #111011 #D4A372 #865033 #5E3022 #B1784B #3F0F13
  • Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1506): #99B2B4 #6E4E37 #BE8B5B #2D2623 #95693E #673D20
  • Saint Philip (1516): #402F2D #7E583F #603F34 #A38262 #B67C48 #8B5A39
  • The Apostle James the Elder (1516): #301D20 #92766F #C1A8A2 #6B5553 #503838 #73473F
  • St. Jerome in the Wilderness (1496): #412F1A #805633 #6F716A #33444D #59381A #2A1F10
  • Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1519): #202914 #825941 #877E61 #3A3022 #201912 #544D38
  • The Suicide of Lucretia (1518): #33211D #1E1916 #E3BB7A #74382A #592F25 #AD7A4E
  • Madonna and Child (1526): #D7B281 #16110D #643D29 #C67853 #432417 #A77750
  • Avarice (1507): #050806 #CB9569 #A2683B #D0B393 #CB442A #651D10
  • Seven Sorrows Polyptych:sorrowing Mother (1496): #0D1413 #0C2A2C #20494E #333631 #555C57 #9B7B52
  • Heller Altarpiece (1500): #636056 #A7895B #DEB182 #2B373A #0F0D0E #D2D4BF
  • Madonna with the Siskin (1506): #C7946A #A16143 #77382F #E1BF99 #24558F #21416E
  • Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1508): #77684C #564C39 #ABA28C #443425 #6E4C36 #A98467
  • Adoration of the Trinity (1511): #AC764B #6E8B8F #973828 #5B2E19 #714827 #494621
  • Young Hare (1502): #E3D6C2 #7F6C56 #AB9A85 #564638 #C4B5A1
  • Portrait of Jakob Fugger the Rich (1520): #626A74 #372F26 #5A3E2E #B7876E #4D545E #8B624E
  • Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Loose Hair (1497): #132B31 #36312A #60472C #C49D68 #182124 #8A6D40
  • Feast of the Rosary (1506): #74482A #A67552 #4E2415 #455D77 #3E3426 #70291F
  • Portrait of the Artist's Father (1490): #181E14 #110F13 #361D13 #221510 #BF914D #7C5328
  • Mary Among a Multitude of Animals (1503): #DDC9B5 #B9A18A #927B66 #A9B3AC #705B48 #748884
  • Portrait of a Man (1497): #0F1415 #EED6BF #272520 #755745 #DBAF8B #554335
  • Jabach Altar: Saints Joseph and Joachim (1504): #B9944C #B13E43 #27271B #89522D #A47538 #C6AD78
  • Jabach Altar: Saints Simeon and Lazarus (1500): #B64434 #C5A254 #663B29 #A07E44 #CFC58F #B8783E
  • Via Crucis (1494): #B99A5D #181711 #7E5F3C #543C2C #362A20 #878770
  • Altarpiece of the Mater Dolorosa, Scene: Christ Nailed Art the Cross (1494): #C5AB58 #A16C46 #876F51 #53443D #E1D19B #DEE0D1
  • Deposition (1494): #261D18 #E1E1D4 #D2B66E #986443 #A0A89B #493B30
  • Heavenly Scene (1495): #3F4233 #20231D #666B54 #121410 #604A30 #332C1D
  • Adam (1507): #1A1A1B #A58260 #4E3E2F #785A3F #352C23
  • Eve (1507): #171616 #2B221B #C2A28D #987B61 #543622 #745B47
  • A Man in a Fur Coat (1521): #3A2F24 #221E18 #151716 #717D7C #BF8F75 #6A523F
  • Salvator Mundi (1505): #1E3414 #2C4815 #205A84 #C7A077 #A87B59 #E8C896
  • Lot and His Daughters [Reverse] (1497): #494C15 #806435 #5D4D33 #BE9E70 #89795A #533513
  • Portrait of a Clergyman (Johann Dorsch?) (1516): #221F1F #3C3533 #4B4C17 #3E411D #B8855E #795538
  • Wing of a European Roller (1500): #E1DBCA #587D7C #45565E #7E9F9B #303E48 #83604B
  • Elector of Saxony Frederick III (1524): #9D8C72 #554A3A #7B6B53 #393025 #71552E #4B3821
  • Circumcision of Jesus (1494): #382923 #5D453B #B7754C #DFBC6A #B99C62 #7E4D3B
  • Flight to Egypt (1494): #A27146 #1F1917 #C9A967 #52372D #A8956C #8F5339
  • Seven Sorrows Polyptych: Christ Among the Doctors (1494): #161714 #BF9B7D #423729 #816148 #3D2016 #714325
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows (1493): #B37A58 #392322 #E5B483 #86503F #634C44 #5F322D
  • Heller-Altar, First Inner Wing, Martyrdom of Saint James the Great (1500): #655E36 #313934 #968D67 #E9674D #978B45 #B27448
  • Madonna (1516): #916127 #0F0B05 #714C20 #463114 #302210 #7B3B0E
  • View of Kalchreuth (1511): #D3D3CD #D6C8A8 #5D493C #BBA37F #A28062 #9C9589
  • Graveyard of S. Johannis (1489): #FAD9B0 #1D291A #100D05 #373F2C #545640 #371E0B
  • Jabach Altar: Job on the Dungheap (1505): #E59F62 #BD7149 #CFAA7C #894837 #9A7A61 #E4947A
  • Emperor Charlemagne (1511): #17130F #34210E #9C6D19 #4A2E0E #5E390A #764A0C
  • Emperor Sigismund (1512): #745846 #181717 #A2806A #473F36 #B7A89B #515357
  • Two Squirrels (1512): #E8E0D1 #442A1F #916032 #D3C4AD #6E472F #BB8C42

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