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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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Claude Lorrain

Claude painted the golden hour. His landscapes glow with amber sunlight dissolving into blue atmospheric distance — the palette of idealized nature.

Palette: #30281C #D0BE97 #9A8662 #52452D #746141 #916B38 #D5D8D6 #6B4721

  • Coast View with the Abduction of Europa (1645): #2F2910 #ABA181 #564B28 #1E1C0B #72705A #909D93
  • Havengezicht Bij Zonsopgang (1637): #BDBCAA #3F331C #271F12 #655532 #A7AFAC #D4C79A
  • Coast Scene with Europa and the Bull (1634): #242820 #45432F #CEC3B0 #A79E7F #767351 #8CAAC4
  • Pastoral Landscape (1677): #C0CCD4 #17151C #303234 #8EABC3 #606C6B #0B080E
  • Amanecer (1646): #373B2D #BCA583 #20271E #705F3B #CABCB0 #101914
  • Embarkation of St Paula (afte): #776C49 #C8C6C9 #4A4023 #292612 #9F937A #D6CAB1
  • Gathering Grapes: #251611 #B1AA97 #0E0F0A #6B4A27 #3F2519 #96825E
  • Jacob with Laban and His Daughters (1676): #E7D9D1 #514D42 #7E7768 #362F2B #A89F8C #261A19
  • Landscape with a Column and Figures (17<s): #3C3721 #D4C7A3 #CCCFC9 #282312 #5E4F2B #8F855C
  • Rest on the Flight Into Egypt (afte): #D2D1CD #322113 #583A1C #18170F #9E865A #AAA293
  • The Campo Vaccino, Rome (1640): #E2E6E6 #836537 #AF8955 #453216 #161007 #C5A170
  • Rape of Europa (1667): #E6DEDF #494629 #222B22 #B7A687 #747454 #806838
  • Coast View with the Abduction of Europa (1604-05): #1C1B0E #4D472F #AAA284 #829694 #322A15 #71705D
  • Capriccio with Ruins of the Roman Forum: #B7B1A0 #674E28 #422D14 #B29168 #8F6F43 #2A1D0F
  • 踊るサテュロスとニンフのいる風景 (1646): #312513 #C7C0BC #493514 #8F8F94 #714E1A #1D170E
  • Landscape with Nymph and Satyr Dancing (1641): #33321A #C5D2E7 #1D1E11 #EAE2D2 #0E100A #816B32
  • Pastoral Landscape: #7D692E #08090B #3F3415 #C4AB6A #261F0D #5E4C1D
  • Villa in the Roman Campagna ((164): #15110A #A3AFA9 #262111 #769DAC #403C23 #412E12
  • Pastoral Landscape Study for the Painting By (1646): #F1E0C2 #D0B693 #6A502C #947952 #483012 #B1956F
  • The Ford (1648): #2C2716 #B0ABA1 #463F2B #8C97A2 #635741 #8A7E6A
  • View of la Crescenza: #241B0A #5A4510 #927737 #3B2B0B #171207 #B3B9C9
  • Landscape with Psyche Saved from Drowning Herself (1667): #120E06 #B19F75 #2A2410 #798272 #6F6136 #4D3D17
  • Landscape with the Temple of Egeria (1669): #3E381B #EDE7BF #67644A #969170 #D1D3CC #806B2C
  • View of Seaport (1634): #B19575 #312818 #1D1B15 #CE9A5E #0E0E11 #E79948
  • Landscape with a Piping Shepherd (1629): #30261E #E3D9C3 #645437 #CED2D9 #BCAC91 #99855F
  • Landscape with Dancing Figures (the Mill) (1648): #0F0D0C #EFE8E2 #7F6148 #211815 #C1B8BE #34221B
  • Landscape with Erminia in Discourse with the Old Man and His Sons (1666): #0A080C #2A1F1E #E8DFDB #B3A3B1 #5C4336 #805D46
  • Landscape (1604-82): #171F10 #313016 #50451F #7A5E21 #F9EAC4 #F1EDE8
  • View of the Seashore with Figures (1604-82): #A5ACBF #312A27 #777A7B #604938 #8B7364 #C7BBC1
  • Landscape with a Goatherd (1635): #262B1D #42422A #B0A279 #A1A697 #635C3B #141A13
  • Pastoral Landscape (1604-82): #1C1B22 #B1DAD4 #0D0B11 #312523 #554C37 #56311B
  • Figures Conversing in the Foreground; in the Distance, Bethlehem (1604-82): #3A3429 #796541 #544938 #A38F5E #BEAF7B #544428
  • Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo in Pursuit of Rinaldo (1604-82): #3B3C31 #B9BBA1 #CFBC87 #5C573C #797959 #929884
  • Coast Scene with the Landing of Aeneas in Latium (ca. 1604-82): #322D1D #7C775D #B7AC85 #8F9181 #544E38 #D6BD7E
  • Landscape with Cephalus and Procris Reunited by Diana (1604-82): #30261A #483820 #BFA461 #64461A #D0C299 #E6CE90
  • A Classical Landscape (1604-82): #D0D2C5 #261D1C #D4CDA7 #514E41 #39281B #847A5C
  • Coastal View (1604-82): #332B1E #483213 #C2B79B #1D1A11 #EEBE71 #EBCD9E
  • Landscape with Figures Loading Timber Onto a Boat (1629): #2E2514 #B3C8C6 #47381B #1A150C #6C5932 #A9AC98
  • Landscape with Music-Making Shepherds (1640): #7C4527 #A26529 #613A2D #E1C4B3 #F9D6A9 #F7D088
  • A Landscape with Tivoli and the Temple of Vesta: #312619 #95A19F #1A1513 #B7BDB3 #4A422A #635C47
  • A View of the Roman Campagna from Tivoli, Evening (1644): #3A2D10 #DFAA6A #A98550 #59461C #C3B397 #221907
  • Classical Landscape (1650): #343021 #759AB8 #5B5C51 #51452A #1E1B0F #7E6E49
  • Moses Beholding the Burning Bush (1664): #362D2C #E2C490 #A99253 #D4C4B9 #211C1D #7B6C39
  • Seascape with Ezekiel Crying on the Ruins of Tyre (1667): #100D08 #FBFA63 #FCF984 #FBF9B2 #58462E #F5D05F
  • Minerva Visiting the Muses on Mount Parnassus (1680): #20160E #493820 #312718 #D7D2C8 #F3F4E1 #110A07
  • Landscape with Argos Guarding Io (1644): #211F10 #C7C8C6 #413A1A #0D100A #ADB6D9 #D9CEAD
  • Apollo Flaying Marsyas (1645): #090C0C #A2B4C0 #E4EDEB #262922 #616246 #463313
  • Classical River Scene with a View of a Town (1646): #050D05 #DBDCD8 #1A2615 #D3DFF3 #3B452E #A4A18C
  • A Mediterranean Seaport, with Shipping (1633): #3F301D #D3CEC8 #7E6542 #56482B #D0AC77 #291F15
  • The Judgement of Pâris (1633): #332924 #D8B7A3 #49382A #7E5839 #5F4930 #C8B8BB
  • Evening: a Seaport at Sunset (1638): #B89C7D #6A553B #463726 #A3A199 #2B2218 #92775B
  • Morning: a Wooded Landscape (1639): #292618 #484025 #B5A278 #18150C #6C613D #AC915A
  • A Harbour Landscape at Sunset (1637): #5F3A1C #D0965A #E08F3A #D3AC81 #B17338 #A07956
  • Landscape with a Country Dance (1637): #654F30 #907857 #C1C6DC #34271F #483723 #CAAB82
  • Landscape with St John the Baptist (1647): #363219 #282917 #B6B696 #544722 #95A5A3 #DDD498
  • Le Port de Gênes, Vu de la Mer (1634): #23211B #82572D #C9CBC1 #D6C29C #42403A #A47E56
  • Landscape with Paris and Oenone Called le Gué (1648): #292226 #68443C #CDA48B #F3D2AF #ECE0DE #9D7360
  • Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus (1654): #E3BC86 #2C1F22 #180D11 #09040B #341E17 #4F2D19
  • Coastal Scene with the Embarkation of Saint Paul (1654): #2D201B #1D1214 #C7A866 #9F8960 #7C7887 #6F5B3B
  • An Artist Studying from Nature (1639): #67583C #87693D #C2B7A9 #E1BD95 #4C3E27 #353022
  • Pastoral Landscape (1648): #291F13 #755E51 #433422 #757780 #64442A #191008
  • Landscape with Rest in Flight to Egypt (1647): #D4C4AE #4E333C #59362E #84654A #F4E0B3 #A8906A
  • Port Scene with the Villa Medici (1637): #D1C4A2 #463F34 #776953 #A2916F #2B2B25 #171915
  • A River Landscape with Jacob and Laban and His Daughters (1654): #191007 #E2E4E7 #3D2F17 #625637 #ABC6DF #2B2113
  • Landscape with a Temple of Bacchus (1644): #2A261E #493B25 #7D7064 #7B582E #161615 #DC9A57
  • Landscape with Jacob, Rachel and Leah at the Well (Morning) (1666): #D3B281 #322B1C #1A1710 #83673B #57472E #B38D49
  • Italianate Coast Landscape (1670): #E4D7BE #473A2D #73624E #9F8F75 #2E2219 #BEAE94
  • Sunrise (1631): #C7C4AE #0A1809 #AAA486 #423C1B #27280F #85764A
  • A Seaport at Sunset (1643): #C4C4B9 #392E15 #111511 #948C6A #272212 #554B27
  • Mill on the Tiber (1650): #B7C0C7 #251E16 #3E3B33 #4D5A61 #9AB4D3 #453320
  • Coast Scene with Europa and the Bull (1634): #252920 #C6BFAF #434533 #938A69 #9CB3C8 #665B3B
  • Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon (1643): #2C2E17 #56532C #ABB0A7 #858362 #92A3BD #383614
  • Loading Timber in the Golden Glow of Evening (1627): #2C2520 #AA9E86 #4B3E28 #745F38 #858683 #A08C5C
  • Landscape with the Flight Into Egypt (1646): #4C4731 #6F603F #CCBA8C #252318 #A1906A #120E07
  • Landscape with Peasants Returning with Their Herds (1637): #462A06 #E3CFAB #755017 #2D1904 #FBD096 #A67B38
  • Wooded Landscape with a Brook (1630): #271F21 #141119 #4B3329 #8F9EC4 #BBC1D1 #697CAD
  • A Pastoral Landscape (1645): #5B554B #CBBFBC #3A3B38 #DBC6AB #877359 #B7B6C8
  • Landscape with Shepherds. (1644): #171307 #2A2615 #40443C #98A19D #6B5E3A #7892AF
  • Ideal View of Tivoli (1644): #120B05 #F8C47D #60430E #8D6520 #433312 #D1A271
  • Battle on a Bridge (1655): #342C1B #E1D5B9 #615C46 #4E3D22 #7F898B #ACAE9F
  • Ariadne & Bacchus on Naxos (1656): #B2CBD2 #201E12 #3C3A23 #263C3A #635C3C #9F9C80
  • Landscape with Apollo and Marsyas (1639): #4F442E #39301F #6F6347 #D1E9F2 #E4EAD3 #EBE3B7
  • The Abduction of Europa (1655): #303627 #B6D7E5 #415042 #545736 #6D7E6C #66A2DF
  • The Adoration of the Golden Calf (1660): #2B2F29 #D7DAE2 #534E40 #B1BDD8 #878071 #1A1B14
  • Battle on the Bridge (1655): #BDD8EF #33341C #4B421D #28210A #536E68 #6C6947
  • Landscape with Jacob and Laban and His Daughters (1659): #BFD1D9 #262114 #0D0A06 #585A37 #403E26 #E9EEE1
  • Landscape with the Port of Santa Marinella (1639): #A59485 #231315 #150A17 #3F2F1B #58421B #C4A079
  • Landscape with Shepherds: #1F1805 #988E61 #5D502C #362D14 #BDA266 #140C00
  • Landscape with the Voyage of Jacob (1677): #393828 #AEB298 #222116 #829493 #5E5D45 #7D7D60
  • Landscape with Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus (1645): #463E28 #756F43 #C1C7AE #B2D1D5 #B29E63 #8F936D
  • A Capriccio of an Italianate Harbour at Sunset (1680): #CAA26A #E8B769 #6F5333 #957343 #483526 #30241D
  • A Classical Landscape with Figures Crossing a Stream: #1E170F #362817 #5B4D2B #B8B076 #8A8454 #5B7B6F
  • Roman Ideal Landscape with Cephalus, Procris, and Diana (1635): #231509 #D3CBC0 #3B3024 #DDBC84 #5D4832 #412812
  • Italian Coastal Landscape (1642): #3E2B1B #C2AF77 #5C4327 #6F4D23 #92794B #170D0C
  • Harbour Scene at Sunset (1643): #382C29 #D0B583 #A6977A #5A4437 #796C5D #F7DA9B
  • Harbour Scene with Grieving Heliades (1640): #613D2F #DDB9AB #3D241C #82513B #A3735A #C29377
  • Landscape with an Imaginary View of Tivoli (1642): #271D10 #583821 #AB6F38 #835938 #3E2B1B #DA913B
  • Village Fête (1639): #433520 #624E2D #2A2016 #CEBF91 #CCCFC7 #887246
  • Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula (1641): #383728 #79775D #51503D #B4B69A #889BB0 #1F1F15
  • Landscape with the Embarkation of Saint Paula Romana at Ostia (1639): #52482D #353120 #AFB3A2 #C8BF8D #796B43 #8BA6B0
  • Landscape with the Burial of Saint Serapia (1639): #D7D5CD #706236 #433B1C #A7966F #241D0F #B9BBC7
  • The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648): #5A4C33 #939990 #B9A271 #2B3026 #8C7D5A #3F3320
  • Harbour at Sunset (1634): #E3BB8F #623E33 #B7987F #8C6C5A #90573E #C3825B
  • Harbour at Sunrise (1637): #BDBDAD #3F2D1A #D6C59E #5B482C #A6B2AE #8A7954
  • Landscape with Rebecka Taking Leave of Her Father (1640): #342C1D #E6D5A1 #5D4B29 #C1B792 #A38747 #7F6634
  • Landscape with Apollo and the Muses (1652): #1D1A0F #A8ACB9 #352D18 #0C0C06 #8087A4 #51462A
  • Landscape with Christ on the Road to Emmaus (1660): #221B15 #C1AD84 #171316 #3B2C18 #E7CC94 #5C451F
  • Gathering Grape (1641): #19120D #B1AB9A #2E1811 #674727 #402518 #A9926F
  • Landscape with Dancing Satyrs and Nymphs (1646): #322614 #473413 #D8CEC5 #B1ABAB #1F1810 #684715
  • Sea Port at Sunset (1639): #534331 #B0957C #261E1A #A47A52 #8E9FB0 #786850
  • Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca (1648): #64413A #E3DBDF #4A3032 #8C6753 #C3AFAC #BA9169
  • Landscape with David at the Cave of Adullam (1658): #292715 #A4B4BF #46452E #4A3D1A #6F7460 #D8E3EA
  • A Seaport (1644): #796A55 #564530 #373022 #95734C #211E17
  • A View in Rome (1632): #1F1B13 #889391 #322715 #4D432A #746649 #667C84
  • Ford of a River (1636): #241A13 #A2826D #3C2B1E #583B29 #7D5C46 #150E09
  • Landscape with the Temptations of Saint Anthony (1635): #31251C #4E3E2D #140F0B #706347 #65482E #958D6B
  • Landscape with Saint Mary of Cervelló (1637): #25231D #443925 #B4B0B2 #6E5D39 #A3967D #2B200E
  • Landscape with Saint Onuphrius (1638): #2E2514 #12100B #503E1E #73552C #A67F51 #CE9255
  • Setting Out with the Herd (1636): #332C1E #9E9E8D #57492B #B8AA81 #847145 #221F12
  • The Ford (1644): #8C8D90 #26211C #5C4C27 #3C3321 #58513F #171212
  • Landscape with the Father of Psyche Sacrificing at the Milesian Temple of Apollo: #392A15 #4E3510 #2B231A #A3906F #8F6E42 #BA9051
  • Landscape with Tobias and the Angel (Evening) (1663): #1A0D09 #A8772B #2C1A0B #513310 #D28F29 #77511B
  • Landscape with Dancing Figures (1669): #E8DFB3 #49321E #634B2B #341D10 #846F45 #A7925E
  • Coast Scene with the Rape of Europa (1667): #E3DDE0 #4C482B #24322A #756F4B #1C1D14 #A99977
  • A View of the Campagna from Tivoli (1645): #393223 #76624A #A37A52 #9D8971 #241F15 #95959B
  • Landscape with a Rock Arch and River: #352516 #EAE7CC #1C0E14 #281C17 #523F20 #D4DACD
  • Landscape with Nymph and Satyr Dancing (1641): #2A2A18 #4B4220 #13150D #DAD6D2 #CFDCF1 #79652D
  • Villa in the Roman Campagna (1645): #1E1A0E #A5AFA8 #110E08 #564827 #789FAE #34331F
  • The Banishment of Hagar (1668): #302927 #E3E4DD #EEE3C2 #594A3E #100D0F #C5BCAA
  • Landscape with Acis and Galatea (1657): #171710 #B0A080 #363A2A #5E5D43 #847F67 #DDBF88
  • David Anointed King by the Prophet Samuel (1637): #403B22 #6C5F38 #A78851 #C6C9C4 #A8C6E1 #7E6331
  • Odysseus Returns Chryseis to Her Father (1644): #F7EFC8 #69664E #DEE2DD #7E673D #424233 #938E6F
  • Port with Capitol (1630): #A5A7A1 #312921 #5E442B #816441 #C0AD8F #80898F
  • Capriccio with Ruins of the Roman Forum (1634): #B8B1A0 #6D532C #422E13 #AD8B61 #2C200F #474226
  • Campo Vaccino (1636): #6C6D6C #4E3B2B #BDC5C6 #332B26 #7E6147 #1C1613
  • Cleopatra Disembarking at Tarsus (1642): #574D3F #3A2E24 #271D16 #836F52 #D5BF90 #8E98AF
  • Sea Harbor, Fog Effect (1646): #C7C4B4 #AFBCC1 #424245 #141420 #6C6D6A #B79862
  • Landscape with Noli Me Tangere Scene (1681): #493F2D #CCD2BD #938459 #695737 #ACAF9A #766C46
  • The Sermon on the Mount (1656): #221F14 #969FAB #3B3624 #677D9E #D3D3D3 #626255
  • View of la Crescenza (1650): #221909 #47350C #6B5517 #8F7537 #DFD1B9 #B5BAC9
  • Landscape with Erminia (1630): #30251C #523B27 #1C150F #321D10 #745739 #96714A
  • The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet (1643): #9A937E #362816 #1B1810 #6D6046 #74705E #49402C
  • Landscape with Figures Wading Through a Stream (1630): #2B2821 #BEB8A9 #483F2D #72644A #988A6F #372B1A
  • Landscape with Merchants (1629): #141706 #9AA59F #2B2610 #473D20 #8A8A77 #625B3D
  • The Judgment of Paris (1645): #3F3525 #28251A #B29680 #695037 #8A653F #7EA8C8
  • Coast View with the Abduction of Europa (1650): #323118 #53431C #CACED0 #7E6D3C #D8D1B9 #95947C
  • Landscape with Sheep (1648): #926E4B #C1AB90 #6D472B #AD906F #552F1B #957D65
  • View of Tivoli at Sunset (1663): #44463E #888173 #D2D9DC #C5B5A9 #606255 #8D9495
  • River Landscape with Tiburtine Temple at Tivoli: #1F1707 #35270B #8E8875 #9F8B62 #110D07 #55401A
  • Mill on a River (1631): #0C0709 #D4B98C #8A755E #312421 #534137 #D9D0D3
  • Landscape with Cattle and Peasants (1629): #353129 #AF9165 #1C1810 #534E3F #72522D #D9D9E2
  • Pastoral Landscape with a Mill (1634): #220C14 #523E21 #372119 #F2F2E5 #26110B #86784A
  • Pastoral Landscape with the Flight Into Egypt (1663): #2E2E27 #484230 #CE9F5B #B5AC94 #6A5A3C #17150E
  • Morning in the Harbour (1630): #ECB645 #BE944B #3F2922 #855C2D #271A1D #653F24
  • Landscape with the Rest on the Flight Into Egypt (Noon) (1661): #D9C19F #372918 #22150D #8F7952 #15080A #58482A
  • Ulysses Recieved by the Daughters of Lycomedes (1648): #998655 #1E1D1E #664F25 #8C825E #554530 #756948
  • Coast View with Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl (1645): #CDD2D6 #513A14 #725C2F #666F63 #9F854F #98A8C7
  • The Father of Psyche Sacrificing at the Temple of Apollo (1663): #27251A #E5E2DF #3E3A23 #65603C #8F875C #B4AB83
  • Egeria Weeps Over Numa (1669): #4C4E36 #6D7454 #8C824A #403532 #D0D5C5 #99A081
  • Landscape with the Nymph Egeria and King Numa (1669): #5C4741 #E1E0DB #837363 #442E21 #432C2F #6A4F33

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