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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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Andrea Mantegna

Mantegna sculpted with paint. His palette emphasizes mineral colors — stone grays, terracotta, and deep blue — rendered with archaeological precision.

Palette: #7E6346 #D0B78F #55341E #BF8F5B #783321 #8C4E2E #A16C41 #C56E32

  • Portrait of a Man (c. 1470): #606453 #B38254 #201F1C #8E5431 #6F3826 #4E251D
  • The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen (ca. 1495-1500): #292825 #7A5E49 #4C362B #382F27 #AE997E #653629
  • Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim (ca. 1454): #18140C #845C39 #342316 #482A17 #633F27 #4D3D2F
  • San Giorgio di Cat.588: #1B1B1D #8AAAB6 #AB9F94 #BA9977 #DAD9D6 #736E62
  • Adoration of the Magi (abou): #2C3A38 #C6AF95 #50554F #6E5D4F #9B7F68 #C59063
  • Christ as the Suffering Redeemer: #BFB1A4 #6E6660 #4F423B #342B27 #947A61 #705B43
  • St. Georg: #779291 #2C261B #9F7A35 #B8BBB2 #7A652A #C8AA7C
  • Saint Mark (1449): #171B14 #C7BC94 #8A7B59 #403C2D #644931 #B29365
  • Death of the Virgin (1462): #635C4A #B4C2BE #E0C7A9 #918369 #BA5342 #0D0F07
  • Madonna della Vittoria (1495): #2C2C34 #293049 #12131C #7A624C #664430 #AD7B54
  • Madonna of the Cherubim (1485): #161315 #D2A485 #9C5949 #773932 #B97C62 #694D4D
  • Ecce Homo (1500): #D9C29E #776952 #A08A6A #554D3D #3B3529 #26231C
  • The Virgin and Child with the Magdalen and Saint John the Baptist (ca. 1505): #2A251D #927151 #674529 #686C6A #554742 #B3977F
  • San Zeno Altarpiece (1457): #98724D #38251F #4D4041 #776461 #C1A27E #EEF0EA
  • Adoration of the Magi (1463): #94794C #685030 #494439 #8A6127 #C17F43 #939285
  • Triumph of the Virtues (1487): #C1BCA8 #60431C #463726 #76654A #81847E #AC8756
  • The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome (1505): #817668 #574A3E #403126 #BAB0A1 #0F0C0C #242220
  • Descent Into the Limbo (1470): #101110 #553622 #655140 #2D241F #85653D #A08865
  • Madonna of the Caves (1489): #7D542F #261E1B #4E311B #9E948A #372315 #3E3837
  • Christ with the Soul of the Virgin (1460): #A0A592 #626B67 #D4514A #C8B686 #E07B6F #B47452
  • The Resurrection (1505): #3B2B1D #7E613B #A99F76 #573F23 #727562 #252118
  • Noli Me Tangere (1505): #33270F #BDAD75 #796233 #231F12 #676754 #938B65
  • Sacrifice of Isaac (1492): #6D6858 #483F2C #2E2717 #A49F94 #6E5D39 #201A0C
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 1. the Picture-Bearers (1506): #503E2F #726450 #31322E #8E603E #9A8E74 #4B4D43
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 2. the Bearers of Standards and Siege Equipment (1506): #554538 #95805D #745839 #404046 #352A22 #553920
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 3. the Bearers of Trophies and Bullion (1506): #715032 #918974 #615242 #23201F #854132 #463124
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 4. the Vase-Bearers (1506): #785E3C #493729 #30302E #8D877A #9F8B64 #604228
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 5. the Elephants (1506): #4F4235 #775E42 #2B2727 #95805F #B3A486 #412D25
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 6. the Corselet-Bearers (1506): #6A5339 #3C322C #1F2429 #977D56 #514A3F #703532
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 7. the Captives (1506): #454236 #292825 #614632 #676855 #876F4C #151416
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 8. the Musicians (1506): #42352A #242423 #694F36 #5D3728 #5C5645 #938768
  • The Triumphs of Caesar: 9. Caesar on His Chariot (1506): #765F3A #544630 #42301A #16120E #332C23 #291A0D
  • The Resurrection of Christ (1492): #1C1A1A #302520 #381D13 #D7C0A2 #6A3E25 #522C1B
  • Virgin and Child (1490): #070709 #A77148 #6D432D #231913 #4C2F21 #36241A
  • Madonna with Child and Three Saints (1490): #0F0E0E #6D482A #1C1D17 #4B2D1A #966F43 #342315
  • Madonna and Sleeping Child (1457): #271812 #A5866D #623D23 #7F5B42 #433231 #402412
  • Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Louis (1455): #232420 #483B32 #D99860 #AA453B #A8835D #7D624E
  • Virgin and Child with Saints (1500): #D0B987 #272718 #524B38 #9C784B #704E2F #90B8D6
  • Martyrdom and Transport of the Decapitated Body of St. Christopher (1454): #E3D9BD #BDAD8B #665234 #8B744E #A5906A #3B230C
  • Agony in the Garden (1459): #3C3A1F #6F633A #714A20 #A3834F #587A60 #53441D
  • The Agony in the Garden (1450): #372C19 #20170E #3B5F64 #756337 #5B4720 #91814E
  • Profile of a Man (Mantegna) (1460): #101214 #AB2F26 #9F563D #5D2A22 #2D1611 #752C22
  • The Reign of Comus (1506): #4D584D #D1DBDB #977953 #7A846E #383E35 #6B6247
  • Portrait of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan (1457): #1D1A20 #AC2D2B #B8956E #774F3B #96714E #50342C
  • Portrait of Carlo de' Medici (1466): #B2634C #3A3038 #6B4B45 #9C6E5D #974937 #1F1921
  • Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga (1461): #C98269 #1F2013 #1E2221 #A33935 #946551 #CDBBAB
  • Madonna and Child with Saints (1490): #110B0D #76531F #977840 #EADCA8 #B89E69 #5B3A19
  • The Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph, Elizabeth, and John the Baptist (1485): #172326 #CA9B7A #81614A #B06C41 #AD7E60 #A48C79
  • The Holy Family with Saint John (1500): #A5967B #78684C #323122 #584B32 #151911 #D5CDB8
  • Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and St. John the Baptist as a Child (1495): #050B05 #946F42 #C59F67 #F2EACD #734625 #DEC497
  • The Holy Family and Mary Magdalene (1495): #EABD95 #825635 #BE8D65 #D08552 #8B3C1A #5F3214
  • Holy Family and the Family of Saint John the Baptist (1504): #513D25 #796440 #26210E #3A2E19 #6A391C #B8945C
  • Saint Bernardino of Siena Between Two Angels (1469): #744D3D #B08E79 #71655F #4C3E38 #7F3E2D #EDCCA9
  • Saint George (1460): #BFAA96 #1B1C1F #8BABB6 #DBD8D3 #A58662 #878279
  • St. Sebastian (1506): #5A513C #CBA772 #3B3627 #99805B #252315 #836344
  • Saint Sebastian (1450): #786750 #A38F6E #425968 #544632 #BBB19B #674826
  • Samson and Delilah (1495): #93948A #6D6956 #494330 #2A2617 #866645 #7E4636
  • Saint Euphemia (1454): #1F1B16 #3A2A22 #604A3A #42291E #333934 #8B705B
  • Serafino (1449): #CFC291 #B09D59 #855B22 #A5852C #AA651F #C0A23E
  • A Sibyl and a Prophet (1495): #9C590A #171607 #DB8822 #70410A #3E2708 #533006
  • A Woman Drinking (1495): #76584D #291F1E #5D4230 #82683D #48352B #988684
  • The Vestal Virgin Tuccia with a Sieve (1495): #45312B #644C3D #83736C #2A1B1B #7D6943 #978448
  • Triptych (1464): #5C4A35 #332C23 #837051 #7D5B31 #968D76 #484741
  • The Maries at the Sepulchre (1505): #83684B #282219 #4A3323 #B0AC8F #52553E #78827C
  • Christ as the Suffering Redeemer (1488): #554D45 #8D8070 #312B28 #BFB7AD #6B5C44 #473629
  • Parnassus (1500): #7A6846 #A4B09D #493A27 #D5C598 #A29267 #1C1E1C
  • Portrait of a Man (1460): #626656 #21201D #B98759 #763D28 #9C643A #8D5130
  • Trivulzio Madonna (1497): #2E2D29 #7F6150 #4E362F #414540 #181916 #9F8A75
  • Saint Jerome in the Desert (1449): #B88266 #7C4B2C #4E2613 #806154 #9B8789 #321009
  • The Adoration of the Magi (1495): #0C1F1E #3D4843 #756250 #B38765 #DFC19C #4F3B2D
  • Adoration of the Shepherds (1450): #3C2F1F #231F15 #673A20 #835A38 #927853 #63543D
  • Baptism of Christ (1506): #1F2026 #43342F #B19462 #766147 #3D4840 #5D493B
  • Christ the Redeemer (1493): #3A302E #221D1A #A1735F #674A43 #A44E43 #CFA48B
  • Crucifixion (1456): #1A1711 #938B7C #64718E #4C4538 #312C26 #CBD4E8
  • Dido (1495): #462F15 #281F0E #936E2F #6E4E23 #17160B #BB8D31
  • Infant Savior (1455): #4E3423 #361C11 #603C1D #27120B #846A42 #4A2711
  • Judith (1495): #8F6325 #1D1B0E #60411A #432D12 #BB7F26 #2F220D
  • Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1497): #776A55 #564634 #3B2F20 #A99C89 #241E12 #171409
  • Judith and Holofernes (1495): #DBA987 #1F1B18 #7E6B54 #A5754A #2F5671 #5A7689
  • The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen (1495): #2B2A25 #7F634E #50382D #3A2B22 #B29E82 #68382A
  • The Virgin and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Six Female Saints (1498): #26201B #6A594A #6D7280 #564130 #957E65 #3C3126
  • Circumcision of Jesus (1461): #6A4A3A #B2A691 #4D2B21 #8E7B68 #844931 #402E2A
  • Peter, Paul, John the Apostle with St. Zeno (1459): #9A897C #584F49 #B08867 #3E322C #88614B #C5B4A1
  • Christ with the Soul of the Virgin: #B2B3A7 #4D5652 #7C857C #B74A3D #E4E0D4 #CE9675
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows: #64584F #D3C5B9 #9F8A74 #3A332D #221D18 #F2EEEB
  • The Descent of Christ Into the Limbo (1492): #151921 #9D6A4B #9C8677 #CDA47C #DEC6AB #543A32
  • The Triumphs of Caesar II: the Bearers of Standards and Siege Equipment (1490): #635A54 #8E745B #323439 #8E8A86 #6C4B32 #493C34
  • The Triumphs of Caesar IV: the Vase-Bearers (1490): #7A5840 #504C46 #A88463 #7C818F #4E3226 #8D7C6F
  • The Triumphs of Caesar V: the Elephants (1490): #9F8168 #786659 #614938 #C8B19A #444243 #412C22
  • Man of Sorrows (ca. 1506-1978): #423420 #252A27 #BAAF8F #655232 #806C48 #2A2414
  • Ceiling Oculus (1469): #8C6B4A #8F89A7 #BC9B7C #5B4230 #D1C1B5 #9D6E39
  • Christ Welcoming the Virgin in Heaven (1460): #A9906D #482D1B #954121 #816344 #653C1F #6A2411
  • Grotesque Selbstporträt (1469): #B49888 #8B6853 #B38134 #6F4A34 #54301C #855722
  • Camera Picta (1450): #7F7B6F #AF9C82 #36322A #595140 #513D26 #826C4C
  • Saint Bernardinus Among Angels: #4A3E39 #4A2F20 #2C201A #745949 #62645E #7B442E

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