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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 Rochussen

7 works, 1840 to 1874.

Palette: #6E5C32 #45361B #281F10 #B7B8A4 #D7CE95 #8B743C #BCA062 #5E4627

  • De Requisitie (1872): #635E29 #CBC28C #867F43 #AD9756 #573F18 #3C270F
  • Napoleon Met Zijn Staf (1840): #E2DBA5 #3C371A #24220F #7B6F40 #56512C #E4D895
  • Park in de Omgeving van Parijs (1848): #C19E68 #423018 #896C3F #5C4626 #261C0F #714E27
  • De Renbaan Te Scheveningen, Geopend Op 3 Augustus (1846): #B9BAA6 #A5ABA2 #6A5B3C #4C3C22 #302618
  • Prins Maurits Ontvangt Een Delegatie Uit Rusland In (1874): #685122 #4A3B1C #3D321C #947937 #2C271E #C1AE69
  • De Koloniën Brengen Hulde Aan de Nederlandse Maagd (1852): #4C3821 #836F4C #CEC6A7 #2C2113 #7A836C #AEA17E
  • De Osjessluis Bij de Kalverstraat Te Amsterdam (1855): #604728 #82653D #8A896D #2D1D11 #3E2E1A #AF9F76

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