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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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André Derain

Derain co-invented Fauvism alongside Matisse in 1905. His palette that summer was the most extreme in painting history — pure vermillion, emerald, cobalt applied directly from the tube.

Palette: #D29961 #CFB28E #845539 #634F3A #9F6F43 #A28165 #1955AD #1E3658

  • Bartolomeo Savona (1906): #3C4C69 #D4AB6E #C8A43C #837832 #262F47 #1A202F
  • Les Deux Péniches, Par (1906): #BFBD8C #B5BAA2 #91A69D #44456B #844C2A #2C2B52
  • Autoportrait à la Casquette, Par (1905): #E88858 #F0B384 #D49479 #956554 #EB653C #E4E0D5
  • Pont de Charing Cross (1906): #A8746D #49686A #7E8CA9 #465989 #D3C792 #D6BF6A
  • Mountains at Collioure (1905): #EAF1E8 #E99B0F #D3BC4E #EE7655 #0630AE #6A9DE7
  • Træer Ved Martigues (1906-10): #393F44 #292C32 #7B4A45 #5E4F45 #4D6D8D #859BB7
  • Nu aux Bras Croisés (1924): #473E34 #6D543B #D89F69 #AB7A51 #8C5738 #302B28
  • Landskab Fra Sydfrankrig (1923): #A7BDC0 #8F8C7A #9D8164 #75A1AA #546E5B #6F6049
  • Kvinde I Chemise (1906): #F7E3D2 #F2B0A5 #2645A1 #8CAEB6 #2D63A7 #8BB8EA
  • Arlequin (1923): #4C433E #A28665 #7C5340 #6E5E4D #DFC3A4 #B3794B
  • Italienerinden (1913): #E7D8C5 #4F84A0 #A1A4A5 #CA9370 #86695A #554D4C
  • Landskab Med Kirketårn (1909): #2E3838 #5D5445 #42423A #7D674C #167690 #579DAA
  • Portrait de Madame Derain (1923): #8B8E75 #D5AB8C #BBB78B #363732 #AD7E61 #626763
  • Opstilling (1913): #DFD3C0 #D7A278 #C58061 #BDB1A2 #DDBF9A #A5927F
  • Pinjeskov Ved Sausset-Les-Pins (1913): #4D5251 #6F7C73 #DACFBD #A4A797 #826955 #C4A485
  • Opstilling Med Palet (1914): #75726C #4C4B49 #B6A99A #E4D8C6 #A7734D #866C58
  • Landskab Fra Sydfrankrig (1923-27): #BFC1C4 #9C896E #8DA3B4 #455442 #D3995F #8A674A
  • Kirken Ved Carrières-Sur-Seine (1909): #374343 #272E33 #9BA3A0 #655D39 #5A615C #4A4839
  • Opstilling Med Pibe (1911): #474441 #84563B #684236 #645347 #9F7F5C #C2A981
  • Femme Nue au Coussin Rouge (1923-27): #4E453C #CF9863 #AB744A #8D5D3F #73533D #37332F
  • Tête de Jeune Femme (1923): #39322C #9D6B41 #C08D5E #604B34 #855939 #9B805B
  • Siddende Kvindelig Model, Halvnøgen. (1933): #2A2928 #D59956 #A57443 #835332 #694730 #483A2E
  • Valley of the Lot at Vers (1912): #9FA69F #161A17 #223127 #7F5F38 #49544C #442D1B
  • Portrait of a Girl in Black (1913): #9494A6 #B6B6C4 #10090C #5C4947 #EADFE8 #261C1E
  • C.1908, Baigneuses (Esquisse) (1908): #CA925E #D28A40 #83623E #655C4C #49525A #9E6934
  • Still Life with a Jug (1913): #BCA47B #897B67 #955427 #673015 #853615 #5A5950
  • Veduta Campestre, 1921-27 Ca (1932): #363A2A #A06E38 #D2A15E #774822 #542B12 #AF8C62

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