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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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Alexej von Jawlensky

Jawlensky reduced the human face to a mask of pure color. His Mystical Heads glow with saturated reds, blues, and greens — icons for a secular age.

Palette: #C18F5E #D3B588 #A1852F #D4B53A #9C5434 #952C20 #BB3E3A #D06150

  • Head (1912): #301B05 #FAA503 #FBC906 #F48103 #723E0E #F55702
  • Abstract Head the Guardian Angel: #A3926B #B49D57 #AB8634 #BDA735 #9A7141 #697E5C
  • Murnau (1910): #283550 #76813E #AC8084 #9B8C31 #202738 #56745C
  • Child with Doll: #D22F48 #68888A #435D69 #342C2B #AB9E77 #D67C2C
  • Young Girl with a Flowered Hat (1910): #A88476 #C45A4B #50968D #AB6C90 #BE6359 #6C605C
  • Barbarenfürstin (1912): #AD5065 #3D6490 #DE4A4E #D2876B #793A45 #8A884D
  • Meditative Woman (1913): #45444C #618085 #BC544A #C2403B #67605B #958873
  • Abstract Head--Autumn and Dying (1923): #C0C49F #0E0F0C #B8BB6E #CAC24B #9B9F77 #682A25
  • Abstract Head Paintings: #D6883A #DBD8BC #251C2B #6B7A84 #353363 #4C4E83
  • Floating Cloud: #161A28 #B66D1F #0E0E12 #364A30 #505835 #AB5C1E
  • Spring (1912): #B97F6E #A9900A #868415 #C9AAA6 #A8543C #BC9747
  • Kopf in Blau (1912): #047DA3 #0C2A39 #075972 #CD4619 #D3AB45 #AC585A
  • Abstract Head (1923): #C3B08D #C29798 #9FA796 #6A7062 #C6AE60 #272825
  • Schokko with Red Hat (1909): #105A44 #E04434 #17213F #1A2D57 #3C8CAB #D5CD68
  • Helene im Spanischen Kostüm (1904): #7A3745 #A19B8B #412735 #131624 #4D5360 #B54D5A
  • Head of a Woman (1911): #0A2E64 #11151F #C4A81D #C0AD4A #9F8A39 #091945
  • Füssen (1905): #A6AEBE #B5ABA6 #796054 #A4845E #515864 #D1C7B0
  • Meditation, the Prayer (1922): #B0ACA2 #B18D64 #79949A #272123 #A2817D #4E4C51
  • Murnau: #7385B9 #989FC4 #9C8265 #4B4974 #C3A5BC #312849
  • Maturity (1912): #1F222A #A77F29 #91602E #592F3D #436646 #8A321A
  • Summer Evening in Murnau (1908): #563B46 #494255 #294575 #456E4F #1F2F62 #181A4B
  • Stilleben mit Figur, Früchten und Landschaft: #455632 #7A394B #99232D #424F71 #2E4372 #316782
  • Stilleben mit Hyazinthe: #263839 #475453 #2D556F #226897 #627C49 #767E79
  • The Blue Mantilla (1913): #161615 #A06B14 #530A12 #680C16 #954812 #0B1A3F
  • Zwei Blaue Tassen und Äpfel: #536B3E #212523 #42543D #394956 #7D9084 #313C33
  • Dunkle Augen (1912): #316189 #303542 #825A70 #829987 #703C4C #ADAD83
  • Self-Portrait (1905): #974833 #40464E #A5A9A5 #503C3B #0E0E17 #E0E1D9
  • Blumenstilleben (Still Life with Flowers) By (1908): #177C71 #D97D79 #E25D30 #1F8D42 #354B9A #EBCD81
  • Multiple Languages: Frauenkopf Head of a Woman (1917): #323136 #654953 #325055 #A24F3D #AA8949 #C1A852
  • Spanierin (1913): #203031 #384E4D #7B3F46 #BF754B #D99E64 #A2473B
  • Medusa (1923): #6B756D #25272E #5F3B3C #566D8D #615B39 #DDBC53
  • Love (1925): #B7C0B8 #819290 #BA8A7F #525A55 #AD9D97 #C77257
  • Mystischer Kopf: Meditation (1918): #D59883 #C1A8A2 #808C9C #D096B6 #AC8F71 #A65B76
  • Portrait of Alexander Sakharoff, 1909. (1909): #A3C1AA #C13D1B #201C1B #5E9B88 #D7DBC0 #3A6B5B
  • Sitzender Weiblicher Akt (1910): #2D363C #BA854E #907950 #6E7B5E #DD9E7A #513E33
  • Landschaft (1905): #252D28 #414D3B #CBC1A7 #AF8D2C #4C5B2F #A38C4E
  • Sommer in Murnau (1908): #7C7D52 #B7BFAB #687256 #B29C62 #ED5459 #E5A05B
  • Still Life with Motley Tablecloth (1909): #D9B73C #C0A03D #C3383C #3D304E #62899B #A53A43
  • Resurrection or the New Seeing II: #BBB7AC #93B2AB #4F9B89 #80827A #0A7D66 #AE666D
  • Glorious Evening (Summer Blessing II): #0C766F #035B4E #B893A0 #223C48 #E5766A #806278
  • Still Life with Flowers and Fruit (1910): #8F9F8E #766D62 #9D7F63 #7E4748 #AD4D48 #4E685C
  • Still Life with Begonia (1911): #0F5FB7 #B5445F #735343 #D45F3D #113C69 #0A3E9D
  • Head in Black and Green (1913): #322F2E #1A1713 #42545C #62A3AA #7A685D #517F86
  • Houses with Front Gardens: #94ADBF #296655 #283638 #5F6968 #906F4D #494A48
  • Still Life (1915): #8C888D #A35153 #8E3829 #AD8236 #B89A68 #272119
  • Abstract Head (1928): #C3A293 #88897F #BE7B65 #6F6154 #BDA169 #AF9243
  • Head of a Womanverso: Bust of a Man (1912): #202226 #A89394 #355A82 #796A70 #9D6A70 #7F4337
  • Dark Trees Over Green Slope (1910): #31643D #20221C #415275 #5B7C4A #725375 #323E58
  • A House in the Mountains (1912): #151315 #753C3D #C93538 #C6AA3F #D45C58 #254763
  • Cottage in the Woods (1903): #527E89 #305B6F #153149 #697C77 #1F485E #415F61
  • Landscape, Lake Geneva (1915): #A9605E #D1A24B #97998D #8296AA #BD8357 #3A5866
  • Mystical Head: Woman's Head- Yellow Mouth (1918): #836C4C #986B83 #566055 #9D8A51 #777264 #403E34
  • Christ (1920): #B9AEAD #C5BCA5 #828D8E #616062 #B68B8C #3B3D3E
  • Small Head III (1922): #B6866D #251C2B #BA5E45 #2B2D47 #4C5B71 #D5BAB5
  • Inclined Head with Closed Eyes (1922): #F0EDE9 #A49585 #D0C2B3 #241A18 #3F3229 #130A09
  • Mystical Head: Three-Quarter Profile (1917): #6E8982 #A69975 #947386 #1F1E1E #664143 #9F983D
  • Mystical Women's Head on Red Ground (1917): #AC634F #9D6A6C #C99F89 #61352B #9F742E #262422
  • Sicilian Women with Green Shawl (1912): #111110 #5C872E #2B4328 #376A2D #60804A #AC982E
  • Spanish Woman (1911): #1C1712 #9E694F #C1B453 #82886C #97261A #9F8E55
  • Half-Nude Figure with Long Hair Sitting Bent (1910): #9EAF65 #2B6843 #B0553C #927F52 #546846 #433E3E
  • The Thinking Woman (1912): #1B2D62 #264D87 #132537 #292A23 #456D85 #988055
  • Julia (1916): #C5B281 #282924 #90A28A #838865 #7F4632 #9D633C
  • Schokko with Wide-Brimmed Hat (1910): #901509 #832B40 #6C1517 #691D2A #0F0E0D #D0D239
  • Woman with a Green Fan (1912): #743856 #111419 #152551 #913822 #D2BD39 #98523B
  • Young Girl with Peonies (1909): #435E64 #A23336 #1A151E #8A3236 #A66A6A #6D2E35
  • Meditative Woman (1913): #373934 #AA4A3A #618298 #7E7149 #C78380 #DBAA9D
  • Spanish Woman (1913): #464236 #6E6050 #C0473D #A3493F #CC6945 #80503F
  • The Old Jew (1893): #939671 #462F17 #341F11 #1F110B #696740 #5C4B28
  • Flowers, Fruit and Jug (1909): #4F2F3E #EC5D25 #0A1E44 #D65362 #5E2012 #764218
  • Still-Life with Jug (1913): #A6575F #133260 #092745 #25417D #297868 #B74833
  • Spanish Girl (1912): #232729 #48301B #704C29 #341E0A #4F4A45 #D09B65
  • Variation (1921): #3B5552 #50673C #584746 #8E5F47 #B7A252 #77362B
  • Abstract Head (1921): #E3E1D7 #BDC0BA #989993 #170E10 #5A7D69 #3C3E3B
  • Still Life with Bottle (1915): #C48182 #AC5C5C #7B3327 #D4A79F #A26532 #90B1BD
  • Young Girl with a Flowered Hat (1910): #CE4431 #A67B4F #B35274 #B87241 #4B794C #BC5A36
  • Medusa (1923): #767C76 #5D3C3E #20232C #DDBC55 #9C9B69 #BD4930
  • Still Life with Bottles and Fruit (1900): #607A97 #395472 #8D9C5C #728181 #727C5F #2D3F54
  • Frosty Day (1915): #A09E97 #344035 #506356 #777A7D #693137 #2E454C
  • Red Path, St. Prex (1915): #B57988 #604C6A #536398 #A39AA9 #46795F #812A3B
  • Girl with the Green Face (1910): #073868 #C63724 #16463A #B38517 #2F3E60 #9C3B28
  • Still Life with a Purple Bowl (1912): #173248 #081B35 #873C52 #711517 #725B64 #865F2B
  • Abstract Head: Symphony in Pink (1929): #D1D2D7 #D08394 #A2B4BE #7D899D #DAC295 #3F4349
  • Maturity (1912): #A07A2E #1D1F28 #2D5947 #58303E #AB8921 #863122
  • Küste bei Caranteque (1905): #DAB139 #10173C #070826 #EDD168 #24090A #3B381E
  • The Gardener (1912): #F5D921 #E48577 #F0AC9A #D0D09A #E26E44 #DC4916
  • Summer Evening in Murnau (1908): #4B3E51 #593B44 #2A4471 #4A6F50 #D19753 #15143B
  • Seated Woman (1911): #A33D49 #523D3A #8E6B46 #BDA438 #3B484E #834041
  • Lady with Fan (1909): #31458B #DA591C #C53D26 #CAAE5C #46467C #9F7E53
  • Still Life with Apples (1908): #263B2B #D33E47 #F3EB27 #2B376B #C4B928 #8F8E53
  • Self-Portrait (1912): #0D7B8A #0B4F65 #066A92 #C13F41 #9E3031 #CE9D8D
  • Nikita (1910): #08090F #457766 #486E47 #3A7A97 #081125 #1F5451
  • The Hunchback (1906): #2E4E73 #3E5F71 #203254 #283345 #AF8125 #4D7B71
  • Meditation, the Prayer (1922): #B0AAA0 #8B9FA1 #AF9377 #B28959 #657D81 #241F20
  • Portrait of Alexander Sakharoff (1909): #913C24 #96AFA6 #1A1A1F #BEC8B6 #426363 #688B89
  • Love (1925): #948E88 #6D6D6C #976E62 #524E4E #353136 #A16349
  • Variation No. 10 (1916): #25493F #282B39 #689F9A #6E91C6 #A4BCBF #2E5734
  • Spanier (Spaniard) (1909): #AC1E4F #1B1C26 #841C44 #205440 #9A3C2F #99C2DF
  • Egyptian Girl (1913): #0A0B0E #5A3526 #36302B #141D1F #291412 #3E1714
  • Spring (1912): #A08D0E #B98070 #C4A19D #AD6049 #714752 #282E1F
  • The Young Christ (1920): #D1C8C3 #B2D3D7 #433D3D #6D5451 #ADA19D #7F7D7D
  • Woman's Face (1911): #B17E35 #171A1F #808E19 #62892D #C2604B #C38061
  • The Humpback I (1911): #E6573F #124F90 #252B2C #E16F46 #AC575F #F7CF13
  • Landscape with Red House (1911): #212438 #0E152D #3E605C #18454C #0F2A4B #B34A3E
  • Damenbildnis (1908): #B66127 #0F2A2A #8D2920 #274F3E #636C48 #874A33
  • Selbstbildnis (1912): #1B2C2F #486E52 #61965F #EFE25C #EC8051 #B96049
  • Lady in Front of a Blue Background (1908): #0C1813 #AF8533 #822A30 #462320 #998E2B #8D7235
  • Portrait of a Woman (1912): #1C2029 #97111D #DA600C #E2DC9D #A14639 #8B2B2F
  • Landschaft Aus Caranteque mit Frau (1905): #1D160E #A69072 #A06E26 #61593A #76402E #2D0C06
  • Großer Frauenkopf auf Rot (1913): #303739 #793736 #8B684E #5B2C2B #4F3E3A #597366
  • Blonde Woman (1911): #1E3358 #A73825 #B9AC33 #154680 #2A835F #7C342B
  • Seating Woman (1911): #111012 #7D4D2A #AE2833 #E8DBCD #5E2F1C #492015
  • Mystic Face (1917): #070502 #A07E5E #C2AC91 #3D4669 #63402A #666A68
  • Face of a Woman (1911): #C4AE90 #B8854B #E5E0D1 #7B9A43 #90663F #C94640
  • Still-Life with Plate of Fruits (1907): #3F150C #89BF68 #729240 #652415 #F8F1E7 #A6B94C
  • Landscape Near Obersdorf (1912): #BEA991 #E4DED3 #927D68 #5B8EAB #14214D #5C0D0D
  • Landscape at Lake Geneva (1914): #34170B #472210 #603119 #7B4B2B #BAD5D5 #AC6935
  • Landscape Near Wasserburg (Bavaria) (1907): #100907 #7C7560 #679783 #DFBC96 #939CB6 #303234
  • The White Feather (1909): #3D3A3F #A3CBA6 #86B7A0 #7B5256 #9E6E66 #C09A6B
  • Still Life with Vase and Jug (1909): #EB5F3F #3E3E4F #419BE0 #42BBD5 #E49DB2 #F18376
  • Landscape in Füssen (Spring) (1905): #B3A9A7 #4A4148 #1F395A #97AAB4 #9B736E #7F737A
  • Flowers in a Blue Vase (1927): #F0E6CD #7BA5B2 #B4C4BB #E3C8A8 #E59C5B #E7A87E
  • Abstract Head: Easter (1933): #D5CEA4 #A24055 #CDC17A #D4461D #8BA320 #0B547F
  • Saviour's Face: Martyr (1919): #C4CCC2 #E6E5DB #AC9798 #2E2524 #5A8F83 #827D79
  • Blumen in einer Vase (1918): #223458 #B23030 #C18CA5 #7FAA97 #315278 #BAC9B6
  • Abstract Head (1923): #C2B08F #C29899 #9EA897 #C6AD71 #515E50 #242521
  • Sitzender Weiblicher Akt (1910): #DF8E19 #C18A31 #F4AE3C #EE9473 #35467A #937F2E
  • Egyptian Girl (1913): #0B0C10 #553422 #271112 #3D3734 #2B261F #3F1A16
  • Japanese Flower (1913): #822322 #0A0C0E #64201F #965727 #172527 #854029
  • Abstract Head (1929): #C59595 #D0BDA4 #997559 #B64720 #CAB543 #2D5E3D
  • Head of a Woman (1917): #3E3F46 #29272B #6D5056 #A04F3F #A43F1A #4B5B5E

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