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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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Barnett Newman

Barnett Newman was an American painter. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters.

Palette: #F4EBD2 #CCBA99 #B03127 #766C5A #000610 #4E493D #57322B #F0D6A8

  • Adam (1951): #57322B #B33936 #8F3733 #74302A
  • Eve (1950): #AD3421 #983223
  • Moment (1946): #746957 #9E9177 #EEE5BA #C5BA9F #534A3F #30291D
  • Eleventh Station (1965): #F7F0DA
  • Fifth Station (1962): #F7ECCF #1D1D1B #D5C5A5 #ADA08A #847A67 #534A3C
  • First Station (1958): #F0E2C8 #BFB19B #1E1D1A #4D4639 #7E7465 #EFD5A6
  • Fourth Station (1960): #F6EDD6 #1C1B19 #453F32 #F4D9AA #C5B89C #716755
  • Ninth Station (1964): #F5EEDA
  • Sixth Station (1962): #F3E9D0 #1E1F1B #EFD4A7 #554E3F #AC9F8A #D3C5AA
  • Third Station (1960): #F5E8CE #1F1F1D #AEA38C #575042 #D2C3A8 #827967
  • Vir Heroicus Sublimis Mock Up: #B22E29
  • Wasko, Man in the Night (to Barnett Newman) (1988): #010A16 #000008 #F0D8AB #DDB77B #162F37 #344C52
  • Fourth Station (1960): #F6EDD6 #1A1918 #312E25 #F2D8AA #C5B89D #524A3B
  • Third Station (1960): #F5E8CE #1E1D1B #938975 #CEC0A6 #514A3B
  • Fifth Station (1962): #F7ECCF #1D1C1B #BDB096 #78705E #50483A
  • Sixth Station (1962): #F4E9D0 #1F1F1B #EED3A4 #615642 #B3A890
  • Ninth Station (1964): #F5EEDA
  • Eleventh Station (1965): #F7F0DA
  • Black Fire I (1961): #DECBA5 #4A4437 #B2A384

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