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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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Charles Burchfield

Charles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. The largest collection of Burchfield's paintings, archives and journals are in the collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo.

Palette: #CCC4A3 #9A9B88 #757053 #191917 #B09A6D #DAC184 #D0B438 #8E9A4A

  • August Evening, By (1916): #D7BB84 #B0B18B #705A3C #707858 #5D281B #151313
  • February Thaw: #E0CBAB #9E9B98 #3A3932 #726D59 #9B9073 #BEAE8C
  • Cricket Chorus in the Arbor, By (1917): #CCC5A8 #1E1E19 #4D4E3D #99A288 #767A65 #A8A26F
  • Dawn, By (1926): #323024 #686663 #D8CFBD #584B32 #9F7E4D #A09077
  • February Dusk, By (1918): #E4E0D1 #A1A094 #676762 #2C2B2E #CBC6B2 #484644
  • In the Deep Woods, By (1918): #848B77 #C6C7B2 #373835 #565B51 #CBCC99 #262526
  • July Evening, By (1917): #CCCFB3 #606D49 #9DA58B #7B858F #BBBE7E #BB8E6E
  • Mid-Afternoon, By (1916): #EAE3D0 #BFBC61 #5C6F53 #2B3425 #A25739 #0A0F0C
  • Night Sky Over Roof, By (1916): #B1A78A #858166 #39403D #2B2B1F #626555 #554E34
  • Red Telegraph Poles, By (1919): #727A6C #D0D1CB #465048 #A3A998 #BFA469 #B98449
  • Summer Heat, By (1915): #28554C #DB8720 #B1B729 #D46E23 #DCB182 #8FAD8D
  • Sun and Snowstorm, By (1917): #D1CEB7 #D0C88A #A3A494 #797B68 #D5CC65 #D3CB48
  • Swamp in Spring, By (1918): #A5A085 #D9CAA2 #373635 #75725F #555449 #6A8757
  • Sweet Pea Mood, By (1917): #8F8F7C #DBD4B0 #5A594B #C0B390 #37362F #242221
  • The Luminous Tree (25 J): #332F40 #646F73 #A0A6AA #434A52 #D5C09C #261E34
  • Trotter's Swamp, By (1920): #C6C395 #7C7754 #A39A68 #4C4D3A #15181A #292D28
  • Twilight Moon (1916): #323431 #A29D93 #6D663E #4D4D45 #747169 #D1CCBB
  • Lightning and Thunder at Night (1920): #363028 #514333 #D5BEA9 #71604A #917E69 #AF9A83
  • Winter Afterglow, By (1917): #D6CDBC #9A9F92 #686861 #C4B388 #2A282B #3D3A3A

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