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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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Antonio Canova

Though primarily a sculptor, Canova's painted studies reveal a refined palette of warm marble tones, cool shadows, and the soft pinks of idealized flesh.

Palette: #211415 #997F6E #3E2C25 #C79368 #642F1C #845437 #B26643 #E6E0DC

  • Antonio Canovalabel Qs:len,"antonio Canova: #180F0C #C4A791 #604130 #371C11 #E1E0E3 #94795F
  • Crying for the Dead Christ By: #83614E #B28766 #1D171B #604A44 #423030 #5B3627
  • Ceiling: #E2E4E5 #B9B9BA #74594C #C1AA97 #42474A #4F2E23
  • The Surprise by in Correr Museum: #3D2B26 #26191E #B98655 #89532D #140F17 #432416
  • Le Giocatrici di Astràgali (ca. 1799): #272D2E #A59289 #766661 #D5BDAC #F3E9DC #4D4747
  • Pius VII: #0A080D #8B8A8A #2E181F #EBEDED #B17642 #895C38
  • Portrait of Amadeo Svajer (1791): #0C0A0E #513226 #282021 #7A503C #9D7157 #B99178
  • Self-Portrait (1790): #3B2C26 #28191D #1C0D13 #5C4533 #B1844B #86623F
  • Portrait Of: #422D26 #AB594D #CD5D55 #8B6955 #634434 #DD8268
  • Self-Portrait as a Sculptor (1799): #070607 #1B0C0C #35190F #462614 #280E09 #5D371E
  • Venus with Cupid (1789-90): #D49F87 #905B3C #2B1815 #523727 #6C341C #B67B5C
  • Antonio Canova (19<s): #321C0A #471B09 #60280B #761C0A #591709 #7D360E
  • Antonio Canovatitle Qs:p1476,en:"antonio Canova"label Qs:len,"antonio Canova: #161615 #4D2013 #71331A #594C38 #321A12 #372E1F
  • Paulina Borghese in Antonio Canova's Studio (Unkn): #2E2A32 #888163 #45463C #151824 #5F614A #5D3F3E
  • Pala Tempio Possagno Bis: #5A3329 #7F4A2E #3B2625 #7F5A54 #3A1613 #BA8577
  • Palazzo Braschi (1799): #17120D #362B26 #321E12 #09070B #635448 #704B20
  • Portrait of Sculptor (1812): #404449 #202931 #121820 #453937 #AE9088 #7B7276
  • Porträt des Amadeo Svajer (1790): #0C0B0E #281D1E #492D24 #694231 #8D634C #B58C71
  • Astragali Female Players: #292829 #9F8778 #5C514A #100F10 #C9BBB1 #654733
  • Five Dancers with Veil and Crowns (1798): #100D0D #886A5D #B79C8C #D9C5BB #5C433A #42302A
  • Polyhymnia & Mnemosyne (1799): #2E2D2E #C9B7AE #AC8C77 #7A674F #7B4730 #AA7159
  • The Graces and Venus Dance Before Mars (1797): #15140E #5B5146 #C8BCAE #A4846E #372D23 #989184
  • Self-Portrait as a Sculptor (1799): #090607 #34190F #1F0F0E #875B3A #532E17 #C08057
  • Self-Portrait (1792): #3C2C26 #26181B #1B0B11 #594230 #B88C51 #986F43

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