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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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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Murillo's Immaculate Conceptions float in atmospheres of pale blue and rose. His warm, tender palette softened Counter-Reformation intensity into devotional sweetness.

Palette: #2E241A #A2875F #463723 #5D462D #B98231 #794721 #866424 #9F5A21

  • The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (ca. 1660): #725416 #B8B19B #161415 #626153 #563D17 #8B784B
  • De Verkondiging Aan Maria (1660): #3E3721 #776738 #1F170F #CDB979 #8F6929 #9F8B56
  • De Verkondiging Aan Maria (1700): #3F3628 #978567 #6A5E46 #D2BD93 #241F17 #EDE2C8
  • Maria Met Kind (1660): #151817 #856925 #604E28 #A5965D #AA8D35 #2E271B
  • Laban Searching for His Stolen Household Gods (ca. 1665-70): #3C2E26 #726757 #D6DADD #B4B3B1 #8F9AA2 #292421
  • The Immaculate Conception (ca. 1680): #7D7B70 #9E8160 #AEA99B #3B3631 #5B5447 #49566B
  • Two Women at a Window (ca. 1655-60): #221D18 #452D1F #614027 #8D7453 #D0B28A #34261D
  • Virgin and Child (1670): #1C1711 #322D21 #2D1308 #3A2918 #693323 #431B0F
  • Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal (ca. 1665-72): #1B1713 #372D20 #5C5846 #8B7B59 #464131 #473421
  • The Crucifixion (ca. 1675): #262013 #40351F #150D07 #68593C #BDB095 #98896F
  • The Vision of Saint Francis of Paola: #110903 #282015 #604731 #231003 #8B6235 #442A13
  • Adoration of the Magi ((165): #16120E #31200F #DBC7AA #4A2E0D #804F18 #623B0F
  • Four Figures on a Step (c. 1): #2E271D #603F26 #4A3C2A #886540 #B4A483 #6D604A
  • Portrait of Don Diego Felix de Esquivel y Aldama: #1A1416 #4D3A2D #31221C #D4BC82 #3D2014 #542D17
  • Santa Rosa de Lima: #15130F #604A37 #B19E85 #2C211B #402B1F #AA7039
  • Virgin and Child in Glory: #B5753C #2A2022 #3B261E #D29B60 #724429 #8F542C
  • Infant St John: #7B6D73 #53424B #1B101D #3C2F3C #2E212E #B39F9F
  • Adoration of the Magi: #22150F #0C0B07 #443126 #461B0F #662810 #8B8B88
  • Immaculate Conception (17<s): #B48430 #2C292B #866C4E #CBBAA3 #976D39 #B79468
  • Infant St John (late): #221B1A #362519 #131114 #3D1A11 #503B28 #82471B
  • The Flower Girl: #4B3B26 #6E5D40 #947652 #2D271C #764925 #BFA073

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