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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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Aristarkh Lentulov

Lentulov fractured Moscow's cathedrals into prismatic explosions. His palette blazes with saturated reds, golds, and blues — Cubist structure filled with Fauvist color.

Palette: #7C633E #AC8F6F #B68E45 #BD5D40 #E2AE71 #90251F #D7A93C #A87224

  • Self-Portrait (1913): #252A38 #ED8F79 #1B1A23 #E1C1A2 #726156 #BF9C88
  • Autumn (1920-22): #8B793E #B99137 #4E5C53 #666E49 #7E8A7C #CFB352
  • Bathers with Hats (1910): #D6CECA #484842 #5D7298 #967248 #50606E #695C47
  • Children with Parasols (ca. 1912): #C1B7B1 #554C3E #948885 #8B5F40 #B4A080 #AC8B56
  • Church in Alupka (1916): #9E712E #826080 #61836C #5B3A5F #7D5A33 #B89E37
  • Church in Solntsedar (1913): #F4DAE2 #1B1C27 #803629 #1A3088 #A25829 #BB9FAA
  • Churches. New Jerusalem (1917): #B6BFC0 #484854 #6B8EA8 #1F453B #346B4A #6D6832
  • City Landscape (1918): #B29B7B #475945 #4A6A3E #C05034 #6D6A33 #9B7E27
  • Landscape with a Pink Tower (1920): #B3AE9E #7B7D71 #4D554D #8F2E18 #1F201F #652316
  • «Автопортрет»Self-Portrait (1940): #CD997B #889787 #775641 #040D04 #444134 #A16A4D
  • Nebozvon (Skybell) / the Vault of Heaven / the Sky / Decorative Moscow (1915): #E95B56 #F8B65E #F18A53 #F670B1 #47E85A #B35A3E
  • Street, Moscow) (1910): #CAB6A2 #E5DA9D #2F2A30 #DFA386 #DA412D #E59067
  • Metro. Kirovskiye Vorota (Metro. Kirov Gate): #D0C8C0 #847675 #A8A098 #5C5252 #C0A687 #363235
  • Milkwoman (1918): #D8C6AC #A7986D #646C52 #BB5540 #574E29 #C48A3F
  • Moscow Artists (1927): #212221 #736B62 #636E7C #3C4243 #806239 #9C97A1
  • Novodevichy Convent (1926-27): #AEA595 #6B6C58 #D1B997 #9C8C70 #725644 #43534E
  • Old Castle in Crimea. Alupka (1916): #A6848E #0F1423 #8E5F61 #E3DDD1 #944B32 #4366D0
  • Portrait of I. a. Malyutin (1918): #757A79 #1B2126 #5C4232 #A17A60 #854936 #AD811D
  • Portrait of M. P. Lentulova with Roses (1913): #D3C7B6 #A18B56 #676A76 #91686A #B5A083 #BE8174
  • Portrait of N. a. Solovyov (1907): #6E7458 #939195 #869EAC #4A6D86 #6C6B72 #46583F
  • Shed / Zagorsk (1922): #898682 #525150 #40302C #796557 #41462B #8F6137
  • Society at a Table (1916): #D1CCC1 #2D3C77 #7A8594 #433429 #7A7F62 #947B37
  • Still Life with Vegetables (1939): #9AA470 #67663A #4A492F #2E2F27 #845727 #C3CD9D
  • Still Life with Fish (1938): #7F8386 #7B5D42 #5C6060 #775F5B #B09681 #B6B1B5
  • Still Life with Pumpkin (1934): #C2B495 #88826F #949BA5 #143655 #0D2139 #363736
  • Sunset on the Volga (1928): #2D3223 #D6D4CF #0F1910 #222736 #888484 #E4DDBF
  • The Women and the Fruits (1917): #3A3539 #B09788 #554138 #866F54 #8B534D #D4C6B5
  • Two Women (1919): #A57E6B #91564A #0D131D #7E3F2C #821018 #C5814E
  • Женщины (1919): #C6AC96 #6D95BE #8C7B6D #99684E #64747A #5F574F
  • Women with Parasols (1910): #48463B #C7AE47 #B09766 #604F36 #636962 #AA8740
  • Self-Portrait with Violin (1919): #3E302A #2A2A2A #56261C #A93425 #723924 #82512C
  • Nizhny Novgorod (1915): #627454 #7D5E33 #A89A71 #D5B89A #A08639 #2C323B
  • Asters (1913): #DBC1BC #C49367 #A61B1F #C7625B #172B31 #B64237
  • Mosque (1916): #9A6E74 #F5F0EC #C54333 #6D7D56 #E5AFA4 #D3664D
  • Woman with Squeezebox (1913): #EDAD3F #EBDADC #497B60 #569D89 #23211D #766D7F
  • Umbrellas (1910): #E2C099 #DB9974 #5D5546 #8F5B39 #C3391D #050603
  • Landscape with a Monastery Wall (1920): #5B7582 #ECEEE8 #0A0607 #E7B482 #817560 #4B140B
  • Landscape with Withered Trees and Tall Houses / Landscape with a Monastery (1920): #2E1315 #C03E29 #683F30 #481816 #8A5439 #8D221A
  • Portrait of Actress (1919): #93596F #BC888B #66394E #C16E5E #03040F #402C4F
  • Landscape with Withered Trees and Tall Houses / Landscape with a Monastery (1922): #2D2729 #CEB1A2 #A4816C #837B95 #D14B34 #986047
  • During the Laundry (1910): #3D3844 #957E7F #AA951C #112232 #80743C #7E5E70
  • Aleksandra Khokhlova (1919): #6D4A30 #32281F #A28263 #8F5C37 #492F1E #544434
  • Landscape Near Kislovodsk (1913): #C6B78D #918D72 #B39465 #4F513F #7E633F #9C8B46
  • Moscow (1913): #D7C1AC #122412 #A6835E #8F8F8B #652B11 #A12D13
  • Autumn (1920): #AA8739 #606E61 #8A7B41 #6C7147 #CBAA48 #535538
  • Azovstal (1936): #9B8979 #BCB9A7 #6B5A4C #90624B #686F6E #47484A
  • Battle of Two Ships (1914): #35637C #263946 #CED0BD #6089B2 #888A87 #506063
  • Family Portrait. N. M. Schyokotov with His Wife (1919): #333638 #CDB7B2 #61686A #5C3828 #866045 #723929
  • Bell Tower (1916): #FCECD1 #EBD0B9 #BEAB99 #C59181 #EABC87 #8F8767
  • By the Old Borodinsky Bridge (1923): #C0BFBF #A37862 #857F84 #9BA4B7 #635E5A #637090
  • A Ballet Theme (1912): #3D4238 #6B6851 #A29370 #B06745 #919A8E #C7BFA3
  • Church in Fili (1928): #7F715F #5C554C #423E3B #63686E #3C4B63 #201F1F

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