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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 Howard Hodges

10 works, 1790 to 1835.

Palette: #3D3929 #796B4C #11100C #2A251C #D3C297 #A99875 #514426 #545445

  • Zelfportret (1820): #070907 #2A220E #493A20 #AD967A #816A54
  • Emma Jane Hodges (1789-1868), Dochter van de Schilder (1810): #4E4D43 #7A725C #B6B2A0 #39321E #594D34 #151009
  • Willem Bilderdijk (1756-1831), Dichter en Geschiedschrijver (1810): #110F0B #351810 #423D27 #582F1F #6F6048 #8F7E62
  • Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816). Tekenaar en Plaatsnijder (1800): #3A3828 #272821 #191A14 #9B906C #7A7253 #C1B78C
  • Johan Fraser (1835): #444130 #6D6840 #2F2D24 #9C895E #D9C194 #22211C
  • Maria Antoinette Charlotte Sanderson (1782-1859). Echtgenote van Johan Fraser (1835): #3C3A28 #605B38 #AC9970 #29271D #DCC994 #8A674C
  • Christian Edouard Fraser (1812-79). Tweede Luitenant van Het 5de Regiment der Dragonders (1834): #393C33 #5B5B47 #A99D79 #5F4E2D #86846A #D1C092
  • Willem I (1772-1843), Koning der Nederlanden (1815): #CDC39B #756F52 #A4926A #443E2D #1C1C16 #695738
  • Portret van Een Man, Misschien J.w. Beynen (1790): #433A2C #796C4A #2C2722 #E9D4A7 #C8AA82 #FAF8E4
  • Portret van Een Vrouw (1790): #524725 #2E2215 #AE9976 #5F4436 #392E19 #73653F

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