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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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Asher Brown Durand

8 works, 1835 to 1865.

Palette: #4E3F21 #2A2519 #7E6F46 #D1CFBF #A59977 #79592B #AB8B4D #D2B682

  • Landscape-Scene from "Thanatopsis (1850): #BCB6A7 #846E3D #B49F79 #2C291A #3E3A1B #584B1F
  • Luman Reed (1835): #0F1817 #333926 #212A1F #47492D #CEBC88 #6F663D
  • The Beeches (1845): #574322 #2D2519 #211616 #150E12 #A78746 #7A5627
  • In the Woods (1855): #1B1710 #2D2619 #4B4128 #736943 #9A946A #D5DABE
  • High Point: Shandaken Mountains (1853): #ABB6B1 #CCCFC1 #423720 #69552C #917F4F #171713
  • River Scene (1854): #E7EAE4 #AA9355 #27281F #554629 #756234 #3B3624
  • Summer Afternoon (1865): #B69F75 #30251F #5D462A #898E7A #8A6638 #191417
  • Ariadne (ca. 1831-35): #150C06 #2F1F0D #D0AC76 #613E0D #4A3410 #7C551E

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