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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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Bronzino

Bronzino's portraits gleam with enamel-like precision. His palette of deep blue, emerald, and pearl-white renders Medici aristocracy in colors as cool and polished as marble.

Palette: #8B6647 #42291B #BA9C7F #583B27 #B47142 #733A1A #631716 #E9E0D2

  • Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1550): #5C4F55 #171616 #B7A196 #694836 #422D1F #987968
  • Portrait of a Baby Boy (1540-49): #546032 #CABDAE #634C27 #B79E82 #3F4821 #927955
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1530): #121110 #3A392D #5F5A44 #222221 #34201C #9B7F63
  • Cosimo I de’ Medici la 40 de Ani: #1E1C1D #413028 #C6A286 #976E4F #654A35 #150C0A
  • 1946 Painting 500 (Sept): #A2763A #DDBE8B #EDE5DA #7D4E25 #CCA464 #AF9975
  • St. John the Baptist (abou): #D9BB99 #744820 #9C1F20 #B18B60 #906C3E #180D15
  • A Young Woman and Her Little Boy: #3A3B26 #933035 #2B2419 #6E0B1A #A17E5C #580F18
  • Ceiling of the Chapel of Eleonora of Toledo ((154): #B1B2BB #AE967B #5D4531 #77869D #D8C2AD #8A8681
  • Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici as Orpheus (c. 1): #2B2010 #D0B59A #473726 #B48A6E #120D07 #6C5138
  • The Holy Family (c. 1): #EAC49B #A2783B #131A16 #CA9E67 #3F2F16 #736A3E
  • The Adoration of the Bronze Snake ((154): #CFB393 #5D6E42 #A9770F #9A8B62 #1B4C32 #5F7A77
  • Virgin of the Annunciation (1564): #C5A479 #A4772B #3A2009 #973710 #312F35 #512D0A
  • Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John ((154): #BFB2A2 #4C412E #867661 #292719 #B0836E #3B1818
  • Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time [Allegory of the Triumph of Venus] (1540): #E3CAAD #5A4933 #AF9176 #867057 #1D203B #3B2814
  • Venus&cupidon-Bucarest (16<s): #B7957D #8C6850 #1C1917 #556065 #353332 #554236
  • Descent to Limbo (18 S): #7D552D #E8BF8E #584026 #AD7E4B #3F2F21 #CA9A69
  • Photographic Print of Portrait Painting by Agnolo (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano): #9B8467 #846645 #3D3938 #5C4F46
  • Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1550): #211E1F #544A3B #302923 #8B7857 #AD9874 #402F1F
  • Pierantonio Bandini (1552): #0F0F11 #6F604A #524737 #2D2118 #340B0B #C5A691
  • Costanza da Sommaia (1540): #C29669 #0F0E11 #9B6730 #414C51 #7B4013 #272E33
  • Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist (1540): #C9B7A9 #111311 #443E20 #516362 #675D3B #957B6D
  • Eleonora of Toledo and Her Son (1545): #181410 #453D35 #302923 #B09E93 #8A786D #675C54
  • Portrait of a Lady in Red (Francesca Salviati?) (1533): #A13325 #9E9976 #221E21 #5E6167 #533225 #D3CDB6
  • Eleonora di Toledo with Her Son Francesco (1549): #22161C #2A322E #532929 #371D20 #825F50 #C9A184
  • Resurrection of Christ (1552): #472F23 #595652 #865A41 #C69A73 #6A4837 #DDBFA4
  • Christ at the Cross (1540): #170D13 #43303B #291410 #A07C5E #291B23 #6D4936
  • Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness: #141310 #7D634A #2D251A #D8C5AF #B49C83 #463827
  • Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (1545): #1A1C1D #D1A071 #544136 #34302E #090D11 #885F42
  • Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo and Her Son Giovanni de' Medici (1544): #100D0E #324073 #1C244B #13172F #CEBB95 #5C5344
  • Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (1545): #E3CAAD #B19578 #836C4F #63523C #202442 #5A3E1E
  • Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi (1545): #101210 #42100E #7B6A55 #241A14 #604336 #2E0D0B
  • Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (1544): #31302E #090815 #605F5A #0C0D26 #AE734D #0D1338
  • Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Child (1545): #092F23 #A53432 #C36A65 #812321 #E6C8B2 #CE927E
  • Portrait of Bia de' Medici (1543): #B9B3A4 #8E8474 #4F669A #1A223E #2D4689 #564E43
  • Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi (1540): #2B2625 #4F4E52 #8A8B89 #35100F #52382E #F8E3D1
  • Portrait of a Young Man with a Book (1530): #1A1A1E #3B3832 #696458 #27201F #514E46 #3B2422
  • Panciatichi Holy Family (1539): #110A0B #E4C8A4 #DC9A7C #714E35 #3F271A #CC4B31
  • Noli Me Tangere (1561): #433D34 #1E1B15 #58625A #D2BAAA #A68770 #223877
  • The Holy Family with St. Anna and the Infant St. John the Baptist (1550): #D0CBCA #B09F9F #65A9DA #96787C #7A5350 #22251C
  • Saint Sebastian (1533): #CEA787 #83623D #741A2F #121C13 #AF8761 #3E422F
  • The Madonna and Child with Saints (1545): #322A1C #A0907E #171514 #504232 #73624F #681422
  • Garzia de' Medici (1550): #37465E #64352D #38201C #846650 #201E24 #D1C7B4
  • Portrait of Cosimo I De'medici (1537): #090F12 #472B24 #202424 #2B201E #3E3D35 #F0CD8C
  • Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John (1545): #BFB1A2 #433B28 #8B7A65 #101410 #845041 #B38472
  • Portrait of a Lady in Green (1530): #73290B #055A15 #272B12 #52290C #143C11 #CDBD8E
  • Portrait of Stefano Colonna (1546): #24211D #423D37 #77675E #A4969F #3C2A27 #B39A7A
  • The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Madonna Stroganoff) (1541): #594333 #4A648B #8D7465 #BAA69B #0F2951 #E6D7D4
  • Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo and Her Son, Francesco De'medici (1549): #3C2117 #2E3728 #5E3A2A #876251 #300D12 #451918
  • Portrait of a Girl (1545): #403C63 #BA8886 #2D1A26 #4A3244 #603637 #836276
  • Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici as a Child (1551): #1B1312 #362622 #DDB68E #614036 #855B48 #B37F5E
  • Maria (di Cosimo I) de' Medici (1551): #0A0918 #E7DADA #7C6249 #C1AD9E #A48F76 #241B17
  • Portrait of a Young Man with a Lute (1532): #262223 #3D2B2B #6D3427 #94593F #E7B590 #543E3A
  • Allegory of Fortune (1567): #A2784C #453520 #735432 #3B4549 #2D2213 #1B252B
  • Portrait of a Young Lady (1570): #B98F77 #503F2D #694725 #E4C5B5 #3A3025 #1F1911
  • Venus, Cupid and Jealousy (1550): #D8C5BD #1C1110 #503427 #A28276 #7D5B4A #BCA196
  • The Adoration of the Shepherds (1539): #403524 #707A8B #252017 #9F835B #47556E #A5A197
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria: #1B1713 #56352B #392B22 #8E665A #D8BDB0 #B8958C
  • Don Giovanni De’medici (1551): #0C0707 #4C2F1E #CD8571 #74523B #28150E #A18269
  • Portrait of Giovanna Chevara and Giovanni Montalvo (1562): #311D14 #1F1914 #642F1D #462014 #48321C #7B4D42
  • Pietà with Saint Mary Magdalene (1529): #1C0D11 #5F443D #D6BEA7 #AE8D71 #DF413E #391817
  • Portrait of Laura Battiferri (1552): #3E3D2F #040707 #CFBF9C #28281C #99835C #635C49
  • Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist (1530): #4D2E1D #251C15 #6B442D #DBA479 #BB7D56 #935636
  • Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici in Armour (1545): #051208 #867F6E #4E4C39 #0D2415 #B1AB9A #EBC1A9
  • Portrait of a Lady: #262319 #16160E #423421 #DD9B53 #FCCB7E #61472B
  • Christ Into the Limbo: #12100E #705739 #A28D73 #3A2D20 #574E46 #4F361A
  • Portrait of a Boy (1540): #21190C #402F15 #BCB386 #B87D3C #6C3815 #E9BF84
  • Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante (1553): #383229 #533725 #BB947C #25221E #91674F #745946
  • Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist (1542): #BAA084 #5F4026 #171207 #8F6D4F #6A0814 #391B0A
  • Pygmalion and Galatea (1529): #998372 #242528 #443C3A #354D60 #7A5D50 #527486
  • Portrait of a Baby Boy (1540): #566235 #CCC0B1 #624C27 #454D24 #BEA58C #8D734E
  • Lodovico Capponi (1550): #080904 #527B2B #12300E #ECE6AC #181A0E #234B16
  • The Holy Family (1525): #A4763C #ECC8A0 #CEA46F #111814 #3E3016 #736D3B
  • A Young Woman and Her Little Boy (1540): #3B3C27 #2D281C #7A101E #997452 #613A26 #201711
  • Eleonora di Toledo (1560): #550E10 #351213 #740D0E #98100E #4B3624 #F5DEAF
  • St. John the Baptist (1542): #7C6348 #140F0B #2B1A08 #340C0F #463018 #5C4428
  • Portrait of an Elderly Lady (1540): #191713 #645E4C #33322B #ACA08E #454335 #A7836B
  • Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (1528): #CB986C #1A1D1F #A86F42 #875130 #842A19 #2F2320
  • Eleonora of Toledo (1543): #1F3E6E #BC958A #754F34 #DBC3B1 #99775B #7C222E
  • Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici as Orpheus (1537): #3C2D1C #D2B89F #251B0D #BD9375 #997257 #6A4F36
  • Cosimo de Medici in Armour (1545): #1F2017 #4C4637 #232D18 #32401D #7F6E52 #383529
  • Flaying of Marsyas (1531): #1E1311 #3A2219 #5C2D1A #B9823B #9B5F2B #783E1E
  • Portrait of Piero de' Medici (1550): #234026 #1E0709 #51040F #3F2A1C #DFC59D #23180D
  • Portrait of a Young Man in Black with a Book (1526): #130D13 #2A2629 #B17A65 #8F5B43 #4C2216 #6C3B28
  • Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere (1531): #282222 #3E2C29 #664F43 #B99878 #997960 #281A14
  • Allegorical Portrait of Dante: #0E1116 #677276 #CF8B86 #E1B9AD #A4A8A0 #EEDAAC
  • Giovanni de' Medici (1550): #AE8060 #876036 #040404 #7F420E #364128 #A76339
  • Portrait of a Lady in a Black Dress: #32302B #8B745A #D4C2A9 #B9A084 #202020 #594D3B
  • Portrait of a Lady (1550): #9F523C #8A634C #D9AA7D #733126 #482723 #C47B5B
  • Pietà: #282525 #999088 #574423 #887446 #635A52 #CECDD1
  • Descent to Limbo (1552): #242220 #A38355 #735739 #B2AFA4 #C9AD80 #E6CF9D
  • Porträt des Lorenzo Lenzi (1527): #060A09 #648A51 #464537 #191D18 #2A2D25 #F6EFD4
  • Portrait of Cardinal Ippolito de’ Medici: #171611 #AA310C #32271C #6C3510 #A1682F #531F07
  • Saint Lawrence with Angel (1523): #DBB28A #775A44 #82512F #A68A77 #493324 #AD7C57
  • Mary Magdalene (Young Florentine Woman Portrayed as the Magdalene) (1565): #191914 #503F26 #BFA77F #2F271A #855C2F #A87F32
  • Alessandro de' Medici (1560): #080D0F #6E3519 #A87D43 #4C2114 #8F5324 #3A1A12
  • Porträt des Luca Martini (1552): #2D2D28 #454C42 #181817 #352218 #ECD1A3 #533A28
  • St Matthew (1525): #1B0E0D #A68E86 #775E57 #995E41 #C89266 #723B2C
  • St Mark (1525): #C0A9A7 #854335 #8B706D #261819 #5A3833 #F0E1DF
  • Portrait of Lucrezia di Cosimo (1560): #07060C #261F1F #BD9567 #6B3F2D #A16642 #42201B
  • Ferdinando I de' Medici as a Child (1560): #1C1A1D #CF7934 #DFA46B #402921 #814A2B #050C13
  • Portrait of Luca Martini (1555): #272322 #181515 #C7B49C #474546 #9B8E7D #6B6B69
  • Andrea Doria as Neptune (1545): #090E0D #E4DCB8 #322915 #242721 #C2B88B #9D966F
  • The Deposition (1565): #261E20 #AD6A52 #49302F #E4AF7D #72453D #8C473A
  • Venus and Cupid: #685437 #9A8876 #AA8E62 #10110E #413019 #7B6B55
  • Noli Me Tangere (1532): #6F3F25 #4A2A1C #301811 #975C36 #675A4D #BB7841
  • Saint Michael (1525): #B88429 #A9884A #DCB862 #936120 #574D38 #8B7B58
  • Raising of Jairus' Daughter (1570): #554A37 #8F5735 #D7A272 #58361E #ECC59D #AB8562
  • Venus, Cupido und Satyr: #D4C0B5 #3F221B #916F56 #B59585 #495C88 #63392B

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