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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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Arthur Dove

Dove was among America's first abstract painters. His palette draws from nature — mossy greens, earth browns, sky blues — distilled into organic forms that pulse with natural rhythm.

Palette: #B8915A #CFB88D #8A6958 #766E41 #0A0A0B #DDA040 #D26142 #A45625

  • Sunset (1930): #6F3A2C #995232 #4E2B25 #3E2728 #D4A638 #B7873D
  • Shore Road (1942): #3D3B33 #BA924E #678678 #89774D #5C553E #136A5B
  • Red Barge (1931): #636358 #473F34 #DDD7C2 #271E15 #654130 #9C9885
  • Bridge at Cagnes (1908-09): #BCA890 #8D919B #888072 #64634B #7E5A4D #9D865D
  • Distraction, By (1929): #F9EEDB #CC375D #F5CB34 #95311A #A94A6A #FBEDB3
  • The Brothers -1 (1941): #453F46 #CFA86B #313547 #9B7558 #BB885B #5B5859
  • Alfie's Delight (1929): #070502 #6F664A #BAAD8C #DA9C44 #F9F2EA #503F1E
  • Campagne (2017): #768A82 #9DA195 #BCAA9C #7F6D73 #66505F #97AB83
  • City Moon (1938): #4C412F #2F2E23 #945954 #796341 #10120D #B79853
  • Space Divided by Line Motive (1943): #EB4E5C #4C2F2D #DDC374 #758162 #D1745B #596883
  • Sun (1943): #7F8A50 #234061 #3C2213 #DACB6D #DCAE50 #1A1A0F
  • Sails: #1B1A13 #494725 #C29E41 #854118 #5A5B20 #B78125
  • Clouds (1927): #524D35 #121F1F #7A6E40 #273432 #0A1115 #343123
  • Nature Symbolized (1911): #060405 #B28A4E #E1A94D #845F33 #E9C684 #604326
  • Fishboat (1930): #7B704A #C3A776 #534D39 #354239 #3D5943 #764F32
  • Goat (1935): #634C31 #2A2B28 #9F9D9C #785029 #3D3328 #A9876E
  • Landscape at Lavoir (ca. 1908): #968D77 #877770 #817650 #6C5C4F #9E785A #635E6A
  • Mountain and Sky: #B44F09 #903E11 #5E2F12 #75300D #B16224 #0B0E15
  • Painting By (1908): #889897 #5C888D #BBAA91 #A28176 #879174 #617B69
  • Red Sun By (1935): #7E817C #C7B399 #192123 #585B59 #070C0D #AE5631
  • Manchester, Nh (1928): #A6A3A2 #242120 #081927 #734C1A #0D0E13 #A0885F
  • Storm Clouds (1935): #5F4B49 #75715E #BFA392 #826363 #5F333B #5C594E
  • The Brothers (1942): #FDF0AF #F2EFE4 #899DB8 #344773 #261218 #6F3626
  • The Inn (1942): #322D29 #615C56 #DFD6CC #643B31 #43652B #8D8882
  • Tree Forms and Water: #5A2228 #C9B283 #362726 #952537 #9C845F #792632
  • Study for "Goat (1934): #DEDFDE #A48747 #626A31 #232320 #584022 #765926
  • Moon (1935): #919870 #6C6C59 #352D2C #E5DFCC #464641 #574239
  • Silver Ball, Barge, and Trees (1930): #A0A887 #D8C6AA #4A4841 #2F2D27 #797669 #A47557
  • Dogs Chasing Each Other (1929): #C6AE9C #938073 #52453B #AE8C6B #87592B #736152
  • Silver Tanks (1929): #AAA291 #8A7865 #38343D #5F4C3D #5B5663 #C6C8C6
  • Reflections (1935): #34353A #CFD0CF #585B63 #070809 #D7C996 #ACA9A8
  • Landscape with Houses (1930): #DA8A45 #AB9E8E #C4A17D #38354D #D79961 #E5C69F
  • Old Tombstones (1935): #B8B7B3 #4E5355 #74787B #D0C7A7 #E0DEDC #9F9F8F
  • Mountain and Sky (1925): #9D9A9F #B65007 #9A4412 #633317 #BA6F31 #AA8368
  • Long Island (1925): #907563 #664E41 #47372E #8C9BA3 #34393D #61686C
  • George Gershwin-I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1927): #838B9C #26272A #AAB2BF #606671 #444449 #832022
  • Sunrise, Northport Harbor (1929): #DDC77A #29352B #D7CF9A #5A775B #A59F5E #161716
  • Brothers #1 (1941): #474249 #CEA76A #A47B59 #31313F #6C4842 #363D5A
  • .04 Percent (1942): #8A5F4C #008472 #DF674D #D1AA4A #546E6F #84A66B
  • Fields of Grain as Seen from Train (1931): #754624 #0F1012 #CBA969 #8C8C3E #AA6D3F #3E180A
  • Landscape (1929): #35292A #515039 #96A198 #D1C6B4 #1F1A1F #95795A
  • Merlo (1942): #151C2D #E0622E #F49849 #BFAB59 #31322E #452114
  • Orange Grove in California, di Irving Berlin (1927): #DBCCBA #AD8E6C #0B060F #766757 #8C4B2B #7D3111
  • Pino (1931): #261E17 #100D09 #9A9975 #443A29 #A9773E #696E4D
  • U. S (1940): #0A0607 #CCC5B4 #B88F66 #65411F #942711 #82572C
  • Portrait of Ralph Dusenberry (1924): #BBAD97 #906C54 #232F40 #7C7266 #5B4F44 #10203A
  • Untitled (Landscape) (ca. 1938): #CEC9B5 #9DA457 #6F6849 #C9AC75 #897B6A #B3AB79

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