The Colorist
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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.

Scanning works…

Correggio

Correggio dissolved solid form into luminous atmosphere. His palette of soft, warm tones — peach flesh, golden light, silvery drapery — anticipates the Baroque by a century.

Palette: #170F0B #80613E #533B23 #A98C71 #444F49 #3E1F0D #6F401E #8A9DA1

  • Head of Christ (ca. 1530): #2F1F13 #4B3218 #AB8B6D #1C1613 #7D5F3B #5F4629
  • Jupiter and Io ((152): #2C2C1E #57564E #C2AD8B #0F0603 #70461C #96744B
  • The Abduction of Ganymede ((152): #21201A #31200E #C6CBBE #513A1E #687462 #4F4C38
  • Head of Christ (abou): #150C08 #563D25 #A88A74 #28150A #3A220E #7D6147
  • Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist: #161510 #C29782 #5A3B25 #8A6045 #1D0909 #99A0A4
  • The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (1510/1515): #211811 #513B23 #352115 #775A31 #110E0A #78361D
  • Maria Magdalena Vid Kristi Grav: #423123 #29231D #88623B #66543B #654325 #AE8F5B

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

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