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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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August Macke

Macke's brief career produced some of the most joyful color in Expressionism. His Tunisian watercolors — painted alongside Klee — dissolve architecture into translucent fields of azure, rose, and gold.

Palette: #B2A079 #985A42 #7A774A #DABD56 #C4462A #A88E3C #8B301F #120F0E

  • Female Nude with Coral Necklace (1910): #CEC0B4 #578394 #B98F6E #ABB2B5 #AA6D41 #80533A
  • Portrait Study Elisabeth Gerhardt, from Memory (1907): #442F26 #C17B4B #634F38 #B15835 #201B19 #A13C2A
  • Selbstbildnis mit Hut By (1909): #B19B79 #60625C #C7B685 #27313C #857259 #424546
  • People by the Blue Lake (1913): #C5492D #D87948 #E5D3BA #E4B858 #1D263C #D9B694
  • Two Girls (1913): #5D5B5A #6D7E7C #47404A #99A795 #C3AE72 #D7DCCC
  • Four Girls ((191): #272F31 #CBC9C2 #3C4C3C #889D97 #D6943A #C4614A
  • Frau auf der Straße in Tunis (1914): #8C8075 #593217 #666C6A #331808 #4D4738 #140D06
  • St. Goerg (1912): #E7EBBC #CCC78E #EFE8DC #D8CAB5 #DC713D #2F3D6C
  • Kairouan I (1914): #9F917E #7D6C51 #412C1E #8D723C #B09A6D #7F746F
  • Bavarian State Painting Collections 2 (1910): #A0ACAC #958161 #B7A36A #7D6E5F #78858C #AC8048
  • Landschaft am Meer (1914): #93928C #967C23 #6F6869 #6C6026 #917954 #36120B
  • Gartentorgartentor (1914): #B4C7AE #838244 #556173 #96A042 #97A573 #CCC665
  • Vegetable Fields (1911): #D9B38A #4E838D #132C2B #D19C5C #ECC756 #2D5B48
  • Landschaft mit Kühen und Kamel (1914): #322321 #4C4333 #8C8782 #76422E #C5B597 #B89069
  • Mit Gelber Jacke (1913): #C1AC55 #BD9F25 #25345D #7C7A30 #AD9C65 #A85B12
  • Portrait of Franz Marc (1910): #F0C55A #DEA960 #BE8644 #FAEC85 #520F08 #DDA037
  • Self-Portrait (1906): #210E11 #0F0507 #331219 #3A2220 #78412D #533127
  • Baum in Verschneiter Landschaft (1910): #D3D3CC #8694AC #B1A993 #767379 #94856E #896A4A
  • „Drei Akte (1913): #D1AB83 #4B7394 #A86A43 #836043 #1D2422 #768E29
  • Sandgrube (1911): #BDC079 #CECEB4 #DDC299 #8B7E91 #E28967 #E3A183
  • Bildnis Bernhard Koehler Von (1914): #474C48 #AF8E64 #292B2F #99714A #93896C #726348
  • Map229 EU (1909): #2E1E23 #45252A #1C1E27 #B9ABA0 #7E7C70 #623B3D
  • Map242 EU (1910): #C4C4B7 #B9B06E #8A856C #34607D #ADA78A #2A4354
  • Map314 EU (1911): #402824 #D2CED4 #2E2A2D #AA6132 #AA9141 #B58B79
  • Kinder mit Ziege Pa291066 (1913): #B5A391 #6C8B76 #26564D #082427 #093C34 #25191F
  • Woman in Park: #16212E #284C2E #9D3343 #D03244 #B4C354 #63326F
  • Our Street in Grau (1911): #8A8782 #606464 #40494F #2C2D32 #A1997D #895940
  • Frau-Park: #C6460D #B05018 #3D3537 #843420 #A2320F #EA9D11
  • Ontbyaugustmacke. The-Museum-Outlet-Park-On-The-Waterfront-By-August-Macke-Canvas-Painting (1913): #121217 #456847 #678550 #8CA15E #B9BB55 #DE7E3F
  • Tegernsee Landschaft (1910): #888052 #454934 #273837 #9A9289 #72747F #0E0E0F
  • Tegernseer Bauernjunge Von (1910): #65624E #B2C2D3 #383933 #C1AE72 #9AA8A5 #292825
  • Garten am Thuner See By (1913): #E88F37 #6088CC #364334 #345FAB #10181B #878F64
  • Seiltänzer (1914): #DB3E0F #1B0F07 #842516 #BE2C12 #EB710B #9F401B
  • St. Mary's with Houses and Chimney (Bonn) (1911): #BD9B77 #BDCCC4 #94B4B8 #AB4330 #B86E3F #45708E
  • Abstract Forms (1913): #D0C8A3 #9D9970 #353B29 #647F89 #716E4D #3E585A
  • Turkish Café (1914): #881B23 #F1C37D #D02327 #F5A64F #E0854C #F76926
  • Large Promenade (1914): #65724F #F4DA55 #E55F4C #BB5141 #994538 #EB815F
  • Tegernsee Landscape (1910): #ABC378 #E0DFE0 #327764 #749B5A #D9CD68 #6A92CC
  • Nude (1913): #9E8875 #6C5545 #4A2818 #151313 #8896A0 #92745B
  • Sunlight Walk (1913): #100B0D #8C2C2B #682427 #BF362D #40502D #DE532D
  • Woman Writing (1910): #A3A8A9 #333538 #C9C599 #6F7780 #DBD5C9 #8D6B2A
  • Still-Life with Bowl of Apples and Japanese Fan (1911): #A4B76C #BCB8AE #A46F66 #485E78 #7F9B9F #95493B
  • Promenade (1914): #212109 #D6470C #7A3C13 #ECE8C8 #DA6E1E #4D641A
  • In Front of the Hat Shop (Woman with a Red Jacket and Child) (1913): #CDB997 #3A2734 #6E7B59 #582F3A #D0AB6B #B23A39
  • Sitting Nude with Pillow (1911): #C4A884 #7E7D6C #02010B #541920 #366571 #AD8A5D
  • Couple on the Forest Track (1913): #BA988A #70626B #4B4656 #9C545E #D9A36B #C1846D
  • St. Goerg (1912): #E9E1D2 #EAEEBD #C2B994 #D9D287 #F17C10 #DD7541
  • Colored Composition (Hommage to Johann Sebastian Bach) (1912): #223036 #E54E3C #757A77 #3F649F #AF6651 #E58941
  • In the Temple Hall (1914): #EDE3A9 #BFB297 #5B6745 #B9C97D #EFAD4F #8C553B
  • Couple in the Forest (1912): #2A2426 #271414 #D6D6D0 #5E593A #516470 #8F2C26
  • Couple at the Garden Table (1914): #E25431 #1C2A25 #7C2F2F #B14133 #AE9D36 #2A4B99
  • Pierrot (1913): #1B1C28 #9A8981 #3F3733 #706455 #AD8858 #C4AEA0
  • Girls at the Fountain (1913): #8C7B4C #422F14 #594F32 #715124 #BC9C62 #E2AA5E
  • The Artist's Wife with Hat (1909): #0B080C #738D88 #221D26 #93A17F #6F3423 #814D33
  • Self Portrait (1906): #AF6E0D #3C2B13 #55260F #E99E16 #634622 #8A5507
  • Sunny Path (1913): #422D0C #C94804 #BA860A #9F5F09 #734008 #E8AC0F
  • Stroller (Large Bright Stroll) (1913): #AF9973 #7E7255 #4B3F24 #394947 #8F673F #130C05
  • Terrace of the Country House in St. Germain (1914): #7C92AD #414B64 #E8D18D #BECDCF #C8A42C #DFD539
  • Garden Path (1912): #7F6C4C #B8977E #506858 #464942 #504029 #748747
  • Girls Next to the Fountain (1913): #9FA19C #AB8B62 #82775F #191412 #061E3D #392D28
  • Landhaus mit Garten (1910): #3F5E52 #7E884F #4E3E33 #5F7554 #77655E #AD998D
  • Elisabeth at the Desk (1909): #C7A378 #2E2519 #4F4130 #896237 #643E16 #746654
  • Tunisian Harbour (1914): #5F4212 #7D602B #A37F3D #CBBA92 #2C2418 #D1AB4F
  • Study for Bright Shop Window: #E5D1B5 #D3957A #D7AC55 #C26354 #5B2920 #2C241D
  • Maria and Franz Marc in Macke’s Studio in Bonn (1912): #D9CAAF #BAA589 #857F7A #4B3738 #391F1F #A07954
  • Self-Portrait (1907): #9C6F2B #292F3E #322C19 #0D0705 #70501F #513D1B
  • Portrait of Franz Marc (1910): #EFCC7D #312B2A #EFDAB2 #E1A44B #7C6952 #584C40
  • The Artist’s Wife (1912): #87A0A7 #D4CFC3 #272425 #536E71 #A8915A #9E6D48
  • Gartentor (1914): #B7CBAF #8A933E #8A9361 #4F5A72 #C0AE54 #748490
  • Girls Under Trees (1914): #1A0A09 #B23415 #C4CAE4 #DDA11F #8E210D #3C3689
  • Porträt mit Äpfeln: Frau des Künstlers (1909): #998E5E #BBBB9F #383833 #2A4E4D #858E7E #202220
  • Landscape with Cows and Camel (1914): #052817 #214B31 #215474 #F2DFB7 #BBB8B5 #5F682A
  • Mode: Woman with Parasol in Front of Milliner's Shop (1914): #3A281C #D0D6B7 #7C7B61 #9FA799 #CE2B16 #9C3017
  • Colored Composition of Forms (1914): #172347 #7C977D #DD8F73 #A33348 #C56C7C #3A4648
  • Picnic on the Beach (1913): #F7EFDF #BBBCB6 #D1C298 #86A177 #688495 #333C4C
  • Garden on Lake Thun (1914): #276263 #EFD4A4 #D5CF6C #D8BCB3 #90B889 #CACC87
  • Lady in a Park (1914): #27221E #883D25 #9A8F26 #9D6547 #476832 #6D3223
  • Circus (1913): #BF9C5A #8D6C3E #86331F #D1CCCC #681D14 #767D4E
  • Hussars on a Sortie (1913): #848B3F #BCB772 #914F38 #7D3322 #AEA546 #1F2734
  • Woman on a Divan (1914): #DCDADC #6D83B6 #756384 #DBD2BA #4A5F96 #BBAE87
  • Three Girls in Yellow Straw Hats I (1913): #BFC0B3 #356E68 #B36A58 #BE9B84 #233235 #A4A139
  • Donkey Rider (1914): #F8EFA1 #93A474 #F7E475 #485E81 #868F48 #DCBF5E
  • Four Girls (1914): #293233 #CECAC3 #40503E #AE5745 #879993 #CE9D80
  • Landscape by the Sea (1914): #94948D #957C23 #5D5727 #917952 #310D08 #461A10
  • Bathing Girls with City in the Background (1913): #4E5B5B #D9C8AA #58877F #CDA984 #889276 #BE7E5D
  • People by a Blue Lake (1913): #181716 #9F6039 #A28C33 #9EA073 #81482F #496D7F
  • Paradies (1912): #6A6B4A #AC9A62 #202D47 #43452B #DAA44F #82613E
  • Large Bright Showcase (1912): #D3D1C0 #181718 #424136 #83816F #AE6F4D #58281B
  • The Fashion Store (1913): #898796 #251E1F #E2E1C9 #9F8C74 #92271C #631E1B
  • Our Garden with Blooming Borders (1912): #60763D #1C160E #414D2E #BC9B84 #DFC44E #91964B
  • Zoological Garden I (1912): #2C3B3F #60828B #A75645 #884F42 #7D8E7D #BE793D
  • Farewell (1914): #443830 #6D4A3C #302A2F #9B5952 #665B53 #B79163
  • Walk on the Bridge (1912): #282721 #455E46 #8FA470 #677D59 #D5D1A8 #B8713E
  • Cathedral at Freiburg, Switzerland (1914): #F0E9DD #BEBEB3 #B9A57E #97938A #6E6761 #772715
  • Label (1913): #629B68 #A18B80 #1B694A #404B5D #6E7685 #D5DACF
  • Tunisian Landscape (1914): #B9B8AC #7B9193 #0B1A18 #645555 #3D5E72 #9D8B44
  • Woman in Green Jacket (1913): #783A1D #944F23 #D3890D #238432 #B76816 #63A626
  • Russian Ballet I (1912): #171919 #DC9E45 #32372E #515139 #8F6540 #D9B085
  • Rokoko (1912): #5A6B5E #3B423E #A38B44 #8C8C75 #5F5347 #8B774F
  • Woman Supporting a Flower Bowl (1910): #24563B #1A332F #2E7343 #36913B #D8CCB1 #836E5C
  • Little Walter’s Toys (1912): #6C9E43 #96682F #8E472A #DAEAE9 #B88B38 #4C8037
  • Native Americans on Horses (1911): #21201E #60462E #C3B665 #465D42 #787244 #82492A
  • Vegetable Fields (1911): #F1C6B3 #ECB06B #383978 #F9E04F #5B598D #71867C
  • Three Nudes Against Blue Background: #E4C6B8 #B7806D #B3C2CA #A05136 #85523F #1B365C
  • View Into a Lane (1914): #626EA4 #A5A392 #DE9072 #F2CA77 #EDC49F #F7AC51
  • Sailing Boat on the Tegernsee (1910): #302E2F #C5CAC9 #E6C237 #864E3E #78AAB8 #34829F
  • Street with Church in Kandern (1911): #242129 #A6ACA9 #7C695B #65768E #1B1933 #26254A
  • Stroller (1907): #7D7EA7 #8F674A #816D56 #403C36 #7E747A #615B59
  • Märchenerzähler (1912): #D8D5C5 #D47F45 #A36D48 #E9A618 #F0BE55 #89A2B0
  • Our Street in Grau (1911): #AAAEA6 #546062 #A7A67B #828882 #3F3D3F #794C3A
  • Girl with Fish Bowl (1914): #888A78 #444D4D #4C5A77 #C3BAA6 #C2595F #CCB282
  • Kairouan (III) (1914): #EAD9C4 #C98B7B #F8DE7E #1C1F1B #B16166 #9096AB
  • Market in Tunis (1914): #E5F0AB #779BBD #D0B583 #9E0D07 #520C05 #D69C1A
  • Naked Girl with Headscarf (1910): #1A1C34 #CDC3A1 #5E603B #8F784A #2D4549 #A69B6E
  • Two Girls (1913): #49444C #7E9088 #5F696A #6D5C58 #A19B7D #BCCABD
  • Milliner's Shop (1913): #AFAE9F #2B2A35 #888A87 #7D6E6B #382626 #461814
  • Study for a Self-Portrait (1907): #9C8B75 #716658 #3A3237 #594A43 #C4B59F #DFD7C5
  • Strollers in a Rocky Landscape (1911): #BFAF96 #948152 #6C5724 #A69448 #8F7B69 #604631
  • Landscape with Cows, Sailboat, and Figures (1914): #241F1D #3E241E #753B22 #7D6832 #964A28 #A17846
  • Garden Restaurant (1912): #1B1A16 #2A301F #3B251A #EAE9B7 #DA4B2E #5C663E

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