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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.

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Berthe Morisot

Morisot's palette is the most luminous among the Impressionists — whites and pastels achieving a translucency that makes Renoir look opaque.

Palette: #706E57 #AA9E82 #C6C2B4 #A98559 #7E4E2E #806941 #100D0D #C9AF74

  • In the Wheat (1875): #DEB441 #D0D7C8 #B18D4F #656446 #C08F29 #2B2E15
  • The Children of Gabriel Thomas (1894): #765A35 #B69171 #B16547 #94692D #594B3B #312931
  • The Hydrangea (1894): #B1AC9F #929274 #4A5E54 #D2CAC2 #5D7683 #6B7B66
  • Reclining Nude Shepherdess (1891): #767F58 #6F8178 #A39B71 #465E4C #CACCB3 #555F3C
  • Summer's Day (1879): #899091 #AFB3A2 #81A381 #9E7F57 #537877 #528959
  • Julie Manet and Her Greyhound, Laertes (1893): #DDBC92 #B89B74 #D3C9B8 #D69961 #BA6D38 #95937F
  • The Port at Lorient (1869): #A8B0AF #7C623B #9B9282 #8D641E #654216 #37270D
  • The Cradle (1872): #CABEAA #A89C8C #322B24 #5D554B #837A6E #BA9D74
  • The Psyche Mirror (1876): #9F9684 #C3BEB5 #7A6C5B #5A4538 #7C4E40 #2A2119
  • Young Girl in a Park (1888): #5E6D55 #879279 #3D5753 #698B94 #C0B9A4 #826A46
  • Young Woman Knitting (1883): #C1B29A #697E59 #A59878 #AC885C #3B6145 #706B43
  • In the Dining Room (1886): #AAAA99 #636052 #7B7D72 #826743 #85908C #363C39
  • The Artist's Sister at a Window (1869): #78705F #D3D0B3 #A5A38C #4B3529 #454234 #684E39
  • The Mother and Sister of the Artist (1869): #231D24 #988A77 #CAB8A1 #5C5246 #B38C5B #E3D7C0
  • Peonies (1869): #8E8363 #4E422A #D0A8A0 #665E43 #302616 #393928
  • Hanging the Laundry Out to Dry (1875): #C9C5B6 #ADA386 #818E7B #937D5C #496859 #64563C
  • The Artist's Daughter, Julie, with Her Nanny (1884): #A7A087 #8A969A #7B735C #5E533F #42516E #626B67
  • Lucie Léon at the Piano (1892): #DF9C6B #514D4F #100604 #B16F45 #5A2F1E #331007
  • Vase with Anemones and Bag of Candy (1891): #AE9E87 #82817D #A7885B #606D7A #D7C4AA #BC8776
  • The Port of Nice (1881): #CEC5D1 #BAAAA4 #DFCDBE #9F9BB0 #745A59 #AE8B6D
  • Girl on a Divan (ca. 1885): #A5A682 #57828A #6B8169 #455F4C #7E7B59 #58553B
  • Bemberg Fondation Toulouse Jeune Fille Lisant de Pastel 44x33: #6C6460 #CAC3B9 #9DADAE #5C697E #748B66 #B09483
  • Berthemorisot 2048005 Athena Plus Providedcho Nationalmuseum Sweden 41378 (1882): #EEE7B8 #C8BD8F #37463A #D1A977 #1D261B #5B644E
  • Peonies (ca. 1869): #9C9069 #7A7152 #51442F #D5B59B #68583A #876C41
  • Julie Manet à la Perruche (Titre Donné par L'Artiste) (1890): #A09A80 #CDB28B #AB875F #7D897E #88754D #6B6F67
  • Jeunes Femmes à Leur Toilette (Titre Donné par L'Artiste) (1894): #B2AE91 #87A297 #3F523F #9C8C62 #5F8183 #6A755F
  • Le Cerisier (1891): #A39977 #4B6754 #989B90 #749095 #656648 #9F8850
  • Woman with a Child in a Boat (1892): #D7CEB6 #B4A885 #897D54 #646452 #9A9581 #42402D
  • Le Berceau (1872): #C8BCA8 #A49989 #342E26 #5F5950 #B89C77 #7E786F
  • Woman and Child Seated in a Meadow (1871): #F2E5CA #F2E099 #D2BA5A #9B8D45 #CDBA9C #CAB476
  • Jeune Femme au Bal (1879): #B0A88F #817E66 #5B5E48 #373E31 #574D34
  • Winter Aka Woman with a Muff (1880): #8E8062 #594321 #3D2C15 #6C5B3C #B7AD92 #291C0D
  • Berthe Morisotlabel Qs:len,"berthe Morisot (1 Ja): #8C624F #5F5D5C #75858B #3D3837 #7A542B #5F4438
  • La Psyché (1876): #A0847A #D7CFC9 #695A58 #140D11 #6A3C1D #7B3C3E
  • Jeune Fille au Manteau Vert By (26 F): #DED7D0 #22463B #B69080 #457163 #CEB9A8 #798C88
  • Harbor Scene, Isle of Wight (1875): #B1A18D #8B7864 #584A3A #1B1A18 #726251 #322C26
  • Jeune Fille Assise dans la Prairie (1890): #CDC8B1 #9CAF97 #D3C492 #B99865 #759475 #D6C767
  • Woman and Child in a Meadow at Bougival (1882): #87A881 #74917B #B0C4B1 #597C55 #969770 #436555
  • Au Bord de L'Eau: #DBD2C2 #A0978D #BCB584 #666452 #747E41 #979974
  • Enfant Jouant au Jardin (1882): #D4C1B1 #BDA589 #B0AAA9 #AB9160 #A9892C #937943
  • Bergère Couchée (before 1891): #534731 #613F26 #787459 #85532F #A59365 #9B7648
  • Jeune Femme Cousant (Titre Donné par L'Artiste): #B9AB91 #6C845F #AA9067 #406141 #8C835F #9B6A39
  • Woman Sewing (1879): #CBC7AD #415F51 #C5C8BC #9AA092 #ABA17B #9A7E4C
  • Winter (1880): #A18F6C #7B552F #553517 #40250D #72603D #2F1607
  • On the Terrace (1874): #E3D4BA #968F5F #989183 #3F3113 #5E4722 #B3B8AD
  • In a Park (1874): #858952 #3E462D #55633E #313129 #626D3D #A6A083
  • Young Woman and Child (1894): #A3A18E #697C5C #232421 #AC894F #80734B #B8A37D
  • The Flute Player (1890): #6F6C4D #85753A #8B8A81 #A0926C #B49241 #565D63
  • On the Beach, Les Petits-Dalles, Fécamp (1873): #BAB6A4 #89A99B #B1A484 #86896D #626C5D #2B3529
  • Portrait of a Woman (1873): #494842 #ACA496 #7F7564 #6D5D48 #463929 #2A241C
  • Julie at the Table (1891): #6D6453 #9B8B6B #433C36 #C6B78F #614D3C
  • Young Woman on a Sofa (1893): #BEC2B9 #9A714F #B99F84 #93A49D #777058 #524C4D
  • The Bath (1885): #B7A79E #8E7768 #665752 #694F39 #909EA2 #65636C
  • Dahlias (1876): #86806D #5A564A #605033 #3B3529 #28251F #BBB69D
  • The Port of Nice (1882): #B6BBC2 #93999B #C2BDAE #6B8067 #657479 #B4A791
  • Hay in Bougival (1883): #869075 #777551 #AE966A #5B6648 #3C4733 #BCB5D0
  • Paule Gobillard in Prom Dress (1887): #9FA49E #627578 #C4C2B2 #A49A7C #897859 #5C523B
  • Calvary (1858): #65483E #906F58 #3F2D2C #190C10 #BE936B #2B1C1F
  • Julie Manet with a Budgie (1890): #AF9C84 #515A81 #2F3558 #95724E #BFA770 #6A4C28
  • Boat on the Quay (1875): #E5E5DA #AAA398 #756A60 #100B13 #C7C0AF #2A2329
  • Boats (Entry of the Midina to the Isle of Wight) (1895): #DECEA8 #C7AE80 #AA8B50 #A3916E #594A32 #7D6F50
  • Woman with a Child in a Boat (1892): #D0C7AD #A29673 #797354 #5F5734 #3E3D2D #4D5048
  • The Port of Nice (1882): #AD9F97 #7B87B4 #9596AD #786562 #9E7657 #AC7541
  • Harbor in the Port of Fecamp (1874): #767922 #82865A #555836 #7392A3 #4E5812 #3D4C4C
  • Soup Tureen and Apple (1877): #BEB3AB #8E8482 #654F4D #150809 #070204 #EBE7E4
  • Woman and Child in a Meadow at Bougival (1882): #85A980 #9EB39C #6A8960 #6E8C79 #436550 #8E8C67
  • On the Lake in the Bois de Boulogne (1884): #B3A69A #CEAB71 #55484A #75634C #837673 #A68F6E
  • The Thames (1875): #989080 #8A7E62 #4B483F #6E6857 #222425 #7F684A
  • Child Among the Hollyhocks (1881): #5F7464 #C0CBC8 #8FA089 #6B9C98 #6F624C #CDBC9F
  • Nice Harbour (1882): #8D9AB5 #B9A295 #4C4D50 #83756D #A17E60 #C0925F
  • Jeanne Pontillon à la Capeline (1884): #B6B6A8 #796B55 #514E48 #8F8C81 #B3BA7B #94A982
  • Young Girl Braiding Her Hair (1893): #BB7F47 #212B38 #E2D4B4 #14171D #64432F #915933
  • Interior (1895): #BC8964 #D8BCA1 #230E18 #905B43 #6A3B2F #C57944
  • The Shuttlecock (1888): #C4C5B8 #BD9176 #85978D #DEC0A6 #A7A186 #607372
  • On the Island (1880): #939073 #C9B7A3 #686C55 #94887F #B1997E #48523C
  • Interior at Jersey (1886): #9B9FA8 #978C81 #6C7883 #95825C #656859 #9A6A43
  • The Artist's Sister Edma Seated in a Park (1864): #737235 #323131 #857A5B #92893E #554D2F #5E6A41
  • Spring Landscape (1890): #C9B189 #A19B82 #7D7F70 #AD9061 #C9B068
  • Red Haired Girl Sitting on a Veranda (1884): #847F71 #574528 #C5A86F #676E32 #927F56 #404C49
  • Daisies: #7E99C9 #ADB7C2 #DBDFE2 #526BA3 #878273 #81642F
  • Bust of Alice Gamby (1890): #BDA48E #33392D #1C1E18 #7D7773 #A38362 #3F2E1B
  • Albine Sermicoli in the Studio (1889): #DAD19E #AEA87E #AB9154 #887B53 #645941 #5A432B
  • The Artist's Sister, Edma, with Her Daughter, Jeanne (1872): #B3A387 #79563D #81735F #D3C5A9 #A17557 #503C2C
  • Under the Orange Tree (1889): #978574 #59594D #BAA497 #3B3A29 #7D6146 #303B34
  • Young Woman with a Straw Hat (1884): #9BAFA7 #5F8E98 #787976 #68897D #D7D3B2 #D6E2D9
  • Girl in a Boat with Geese (1889): #8DA268 #C0C5A7 #97A48E #526941 #6D846A #638085
  • The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet (1890): #DAC69F #B5A17D #98968D #B38A60 #797E80 #AAAEAC
  • Young Girl with an Apron (1891): #CEC098 #878C75 #3F5956 #A28255 #A19A78 #7A7254
  • Young Girl with Hat (1891): #A99A81 #293523 #877655 #5D5C40 #6C522A #101F16
  • Forêt de Compiègne (1885): #9B9F69 #6E8055 #ACBA97 #405D34 #A29539 #1C3912
  • White Flowers in a Bowl (1885): #A8B0BB #7492B4 #4C739F #8A7250 #8D8A85 #65645C
  • Portrait of a Child (1894): #B89F52 #937A31 #101D14 #D2C27D #685A1E #4C4918
  • The Little Girl from Nice (1889): #626763 #795730 #6B664E #8E8E88 #A38062 #35464E
  • Two Girls (1894): #B5AF90 #719190 #3E5140 #948B63 #96AB99 #6A745D
  • Young Woman Powdering (1877): #D1CDC1 #A19685 #5A4A3C #D8C5AB #916B51 #ADAEA8
  • In the Bois de Boulogne (1880): #8D977C #516A4F #45656D #648275 #BBBAA3 #3D4F3A
  • Eugène Manet on Isle of Wight (1875): #BAC7A9 #7B8851 #909B7B #586247 #C7CB8C #A4AB6B
  • Girl on a Divan (1885): #BEB880 #788FAD #4A5236 #89906D #EAE7BA #6F7551
  • The Coiffure (1894): #A07E6C #A9A9A9 #88827C #25201A #DAD6D6 #B18758
  • A Woman and Child in a Garden (1883): #313D2B #8C8C6D #464C31 #616445 #534D47 #19261B
  • The Basket Chair (1882): #6F7047 #A8A277 #7C6B2D #333C24 #474D24 #7B7E68
  • Femme Se Coiffant: #DBBEA4 #B99B7B #0F0E11 #8C796A #6C646B #3F3C3E
  • Young Woman and Child (1894): #A59482 #7B7C6A #946345 #7C634B #4E5A4C #85432A
  • Banks of the Seine (1883): #A19C8B #B4BDB9 #859FA8 #737D69 #5D7E80 #907353
  • Young Girl on the Couch (1893): #96A59E #908366 #677269 #BCAB8D #679C9D #B48D63
  • Child with a Red Apron (1886): #8C8678 #B0A38A #67656B #A8A9A8 #A87656 #C5C2BA
  • Young Girl in a Mantelet (1880): #CBB389 #A98E60 #6E5746 #998E7A #565B59 #804827
  • Young Girl with Cage (1885): #8F9977 #C2C1B2 #B7977C #85594E #617252 #758779
  • Portrait of Madame Hubbard (1874): #BDB8B1 #71695F #7A8A96 #989189 #54493D #715C44
  • Young Girl with a Doll (1884): #C8C5B8 #999988 #585C49 #7A7D6A #C3B28D #EFECDE
  • Portrait de Jeanne Pontillon (1894): #B49D9E #8D6E69 #D9A1A1 #9DA6AB #524D46 #BF797B
  • View of Paris from the Trocadero (1872): #D4D2DC #CDB9A2 #96846B #494A39 #6B7946 #5B512C
  • The Cage (1885): #A3977A #96744C #6A6652 #634C30 #49483B #7A522D
  • Peasant Girl Hanging Clothes to Dry (1881): #72675B #B2A8AC #483D32 #8C8488 #3C3845 #151115
  • The Wet Nurse (1880): #AA9D92 #A28765 #7A6540 #796F5F #CCAF90 #DAD5D0
  • At the Edge of the Forest (Edma and Jeanne) (1872): #CEC9B4 #8FA16E #6E7F55 #777543 #90987F #505C40
  • The Old Track to Auvers (1863): #4E3020 #C1A97B #9E8349 #7F673F #674D31 #371812
  • Landscape: #DBCCA8 #AAB199 #D7C987 #809893 #D7C96A #B3B46E
  • Girl Seated (1894): #D6B990 #AD997F #BD8B73 #796F62 #A35E56 #893F3E
  • I Boulognerskogen: #969E83 #5E7861 #466771 #485D46 #C7C5AC #738D8A
  • Ved Bredden Av Seinen, Bougival: #A39D8D #7E897C #B4BBB6 #819FAA #9F8061 #5E7B80
  • The Port of Nice: #B1BABC #BEB6A4 #908876 #A78456 #6C5C4C #C2AC87
  • The Port of Nice (Wint): #C9C2D3 #D3C4BF #9E9190 #BDA085 #5E4D55 #DFC6A9
  • The Artist's Sister Edma Seated in a Park (1864): #777639 #363635 #656445 #918768 #4B472B #847E2C

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