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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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Artemisia Gentileschi

Gentileschi wielded Caravaggio's chiaroscuro with fierce intensity. Her palette of deep gold, crimson, and midnight blue renders biblical heroines with visceral power.

Palette: #4D2614 #754420 #D4AC7A #AA8259 #9D612E #BC7930 #D59F42 #7E1E10

  • Esther Before Ahasuerus (1620): #25190F #49321C #6B583D #100C08 #978662 #372E21
  • Lot and His Daughters (ca. 1622): #1F1410 #433019 #796249 #7D5423 #581811 #C1986B
  • Maria Maddalene in Penitence (1640): #14110D #462815 #29180E #B29B83 #6B3B16 #8B5824
  • Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting Detail (1638): #5B3736 #422C2E #1F1B1D #F4DEC1 #895749 #D2AA8C
  • Lot and His Daughters (abou): #0A0502 #53442E #312410 #1E1506 #9F7D54 #2E0704
  • Danaë and the Shower of Gold: #14100C #80765C #A69A79 #5C4D15 #4A3A18 #65563B
  • Il Suonatore di Liuto (National Gallery of Art): #1D1A01 #121401 #8A5A15 #DD9F0E #B2750C #703F0D
  • Madonna and Child in a Landscape ((162): #938261 #41423C #080A0A #8EA0A2 #C2BDAA #BF9838
  • Portrait of a Young Woman as a Sibyl: #201512 #3B2814 #5F411E #2E2319 #7D541F #9B6F2B
  • The Stigmatization of Saint Francis ((160): #32291E #181815 #58472F #7D623D #A88556 #CBB789
  • Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting: #452514 #121410 #2D1F16 #C0AA72 #262D1F #9B7E49
  • Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1638): #181B1C #382824 #55322B #292320 #EED9B3 #C4A481
  • Simon Vouet--Portrait of with Painting Implements--C (1625): #2B2B23 #4F4236 #D47C3D #D8D0C2 #745740 #A9704A
  • Judith and Her Maidservant (1610): #2A2513 #4E3B18 #C8AC78 #110F05 #73613D #9F8551
  • Judith Slaying Holofernes (1613): #0E0B0C #44322A #AB8365 #685245 #271B17 #D5B797
  • Adoration of the Magi (1636): #161517 #2C221D #3C2619 #5C260A #7F3811 #441B07
  • Allegory of Inclination (1615): #71644E #D9A454 #A06329 #514333 #9E8250 #3D2C21
  • Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1630): #432A1B #201E17 #3B3325 #7E674C #DDC2A2 #634229
  • Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr (1615): #CEA685 #4D3325 #6A472C #835B2A #A5854C #C78164
  • Cleopatra (1620): #151016 #EBBF79 #754625 #A56E39 #55301D #2D1715
  • Conversion of the Magdalene (1620): #0F0B04 #442614 #E1A328 #F0C03C #5C2810 #C8801F
  • Esther Before Ahasuerus (1629): #221815 #3D291B #7A6144 #59412C #45250E #663D16
  • Jael and Sisera (1620): #08121F #25262D #AF8563 #4C312F #7F5440 #CBB59A
  • Judith Beheading Holofernes (1620): #140F18 #301B17 #4F453A #DFC173 #582F1D #DBA653
  • Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes (1623): #1F0E0D #37160E #46180C #58240F #895A27 #E2B64A
  • Madonna and Child (1612): #311E10 #E4BB76 #C0763B #D9A541 #AC592E #CE905B
  • Portrait of a Gonfaloniere (1622): #433933 #7B6145 #0B0A0B #50231B #A9845F #61584F
  • The Martyrdom of St Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli (1636): #3A2827 #20191F #644638 #8A6247 #E7CEA1 #AF8B68
  • Saint Cecilia (1620): #0E0B0E #553318 #744F20 #2F1F10 #1E1913 #C8A82C
  • Susanna and the Elders (1622): #1D0E0D #F0C38A #342221 #3A1B0D #512811 #6D3B18
  • Lot and His Daughters (1630): #150303 #381408 #4F2008 #6A3514 #86502A #270B06
  • Virgin and Child with a Rosary (1651): #0A0807 #DF2E14 #635929 #B6220E #D28034 #E4B063
  • An Allegory of Painting (1640): #0B0909 #462413 #28170F #F5E1B3 #E9C385 #6A3C1E
  • David and Bathsheba (1645): #463D34 #271C18 #A6B4CA #866D53 #926625 #472B19
  • Bathsheba (1637): #1E0B13 #533C2F #C2B08D #351A18 #4A2219 #F3E7CB
  • Bathsheba at Her Bath (1638): #26231A #3A2E11 #0F1115 #483008 #E9E0C8 #544822
  • Annunciation (1630): #221C12 #100F0C #C6842A #A96222 #C0A96E #58270F
  • Mary Magdalene Holding a Skull (1631): #0B0605 #391B0E #BC7337 #E5AE7A #7A3A1B #F6E1AD
  • Venus Embracing Cupid (1640): #0F0A0A #BDAD93 #E8E5EA #9A8165 #715645 #CBC4C3
  • Susannah and the Elders (1650): #221E14 #46321E #899E92 #A8764F #F5C998 #757A67
  • Cleopatra Discovered by Her Servants (1635): #140607 #EFDAC1 #7E4F2D #29110F #DFBE93 #3E1D14
  • Aurora (1627): #0C0C07 #27200D #C4A668 #755622 #4B3A18 #41280C
  • Saint Proculus of Pozzuoli and His Mother Santa Nicaea (1637): #353436 #B43915 #1A2536 #4E4237 #6D6454 #872411
  • Portrait of a Nun (1618): #1B190F #2E250B #C1B78F #E9DDB3 #A0966F #393626
  • Christ Blessing the Children (1626): #191916 #3A151D #99A8AB #3F2C1C #DCE1DC #172938
  • Samson and Delilah (1638): #23140B #0D0906 #7C3317 #EAC2A7 #592410 #461D0D
  • Judith and Her Servant with the Head of Holofernes (1610): #C7AD51 #8B120B #E6EEE6 #E6CD82 #675319 #B4150F
  • Mary Magdalene as Melancholy (1620): #120711 #2B1514 #EBE5CF #956A17 #432615 #58371A
  • Death of Cleopatra (1613): #0A0101 #D6B87E #7B571D #EDEBD7 #948C65 #AD8644
  • The Triumph of Galatea (1650): #8B7757 #1D150A #4B2913 #331D0D #6F4524 #644F3B
  • Self-Portrait as a Lute Player (1616): #281407 #160C06 #3D1B0A #D29A77 #AC7458 #512A18
  • Venus and Cupid (Sleeping Venus) (1620): #231D1A #2D1A18 #463529 #A49689 #42567D #6B5E52
  • Saint Apollonia (1642): #321C0C #150F0C #221106 #E5D5AC #B6A47F #4D2517
  • Saint Lucy (1642): #181007 #492A11 #321407 #9B400C #2A1D10 #77290A
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1615): #1D1712 #0E0B0C #3B2718 #AB865D #832111 #5C402B
  • Minerva (1635): #050915 #3F231A #F5E1B4 #030104 #20171B #624130
  • Repentant Mary Magdalene (1625): #28211E #432E21 #AF9D8C #62432A #54473E #171614
  • Lucretia (1625): #070707 #131B10 #E7DBE4 #D7AC6F #E3C89F #3F351E
  • Corisca and the Satyr (1630): #150D08 #331A0C #512915 #F38B3A #764126 #27170D
  • Portrait of a Gentleman, Probably Antoine de Ville (1626): #0B0908 #604528 #4A3016 #746858 #1F1306 #33200C
  • Portrait of a Seated Lady (Senora Caterina Savelli?) (1625): #090405 #C29658 #251410 #5E371E #885C2F #8D7358
  • Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (1640): #281910 #4E301A #CAA486 #818F8D #645F51 #744F2D
  • Mary Magdalene (1630): #0B0402 #462412 #8F471D #683215 #B15219 #F4DB97
  • Allegory of Astronomy (1640): #100403 #210E07 #331E0B #452D13 #755830 #C79065
  • The Allegory of Fame (1630): #1C0D08 #9A785A #32160D #563124 #100503 #77523F
  • Woman Playing a Lute (1628): #433518 #0C0B05 #A1692B #504627 #774C1E #222014
  • Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1614): #4C3F27 #25211A #927455 #333830 #715838 #372F1F
  • Judith Carrying the Head of Holofernes (1635): #181412 #281B11 #3A2315 #522E19 #704020 #3B3127
  • Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (1639): #1E1914 #3E2B1B #918364 #694A29 #84683F #AFA78E
  • Santa Cecilia (1620): #23230F #131004 #563C17 #363A29 #FAF1D3 #F0D8A4
  • Penitent Magdalene (1629): #0E0C0B #3C2216 #261710 #6E4B3D #A1705F #C6927C
  • St Catherine of Alexandria (1630): #0B0808 #402612 #673D21 #9D7C5D #F0D3A5 #81593C
  • The Penitent Magdalene in a Landscape (1630): #18130E #706C61 #2B1F15 #A07D58 #542D1E #3E3325
  • St. Catherine of Alexandria (1620): #0D100C #1E2113 #48200D #85561A #DE9F2B #B77D16
  • Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (1615): #190E06 #EAD6A2 #633A16 #B9873E #331B09 #CCAB6F
  • Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (1608): #0B0B05 #23190F #3C1C10 #2B1009 #BBA58D #511F15
  • Medea (1620): #16090B #643C33 #AF7B71 #F8D1BF #96533E #C9A8A0
  • Christ and the Samaritan Woman (1637): #131411 #141B20 #DFDFC3 #8B4328 #462C1E #643724
  • A Woman Painting a Man (Autoritratto (1630): #403125 #E6C398 #624732 #815D3E #D39453 #A87444
  • Mary Magdalene Penitent (1640): #1A1814 #422C1C #AD9D87 #2A1E16 #623F1D #615444
  • Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene (1630): #221A13 #856933 #3E2A10 #151310 #5B4118 #AE955E
  • David and Goliath (1630): #120B08 #756B56 #281F14 #554F40 #423220 #351F0D
  • Portrait of a Lady Holding a Fan (1620): #15150E #452C11 #312B1D #F2D095 #64492D #D4A065
  • The Virgin Nursing the Child (1617): #473F0E #0A0A07 #D6B7DE #B996C6 #EDE8E3 #9B71A5
  • Ulysses Finding Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (1640): #140E0A #220F08 #BC9B62 #E7C270 #3A1609 #3D2A1C
  • Penitent Mary Magdalene (1625): #1D1611 #311F13 #6B4A23 #584634 #422712 #877867
  • David with the Head of Goliath (1650): #2F1C13 #58301B #534536 #1A110C #886848 #7E4728
  • The Sleeping Christ Child (1630): #28180F #1B0C07 #9D826D #624632 #432C1C #321609

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