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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.

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Alice Neel

Alice Neel was an American visual artist. Recognized for her paintings of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers, Neel is considered one of the greatest American portraitists of the 20th century.

Palette: #897A65 #654C34 #D9CCB6 #121821 #692219 #B5AE7E #7C8146 #99572F

  • Capturing the Moment, Tate Modern 01 (2024): #837665 #DFD7C9 #B1A898 #675D4C
  • Evening at Riverside Park (1927): #DDD8D0 #6F717A #9F9C9E #43464E #C1B3AC #080E1A
  • French Girl (ca. 1923): #D6D0B4 #AE8D48 #999168 #3E3025 #644D31 #755026
  • Kenneth Fearing (1935): #2F2E2E #7D817F #4A4944 #5E5F5A #5E2D23 #695C3E
  • Mother and Child, Havana (1926): #634734 #A2866F #7C624C #4F453E #9B7259 #412B1F
  • Untitled Cows in a Field (1927): #D7CFC5 #7C8146 #ADADA7 #ADAB7F #555D23 #394013
  • Kenneth Fearing (1935): #2F2E2D #636663 #939693 #43433F #665C42 #562C23

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