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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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David Alfaro Siqueiros

Siqueiros weaponized color for revolution. His murals explode with industrial pigments — electric purples, fiery reds, metallic silvers — painted at monumental scale.

Palette: #865F45 #72341C #915624 #BD7F3C #DEE4E2 #BD1511 #EDAB45 #BF512C

  • El Coronelazo (Self-Portrait)' (1945) By (1945): #725338 #76421E #B96C20 #E1A74B #4C311F #9A7857
  • Patricians and Patricides (1944): #9E0E0A #E41007 #F0F4F3 #342B37 #850E13 #BA060B
  • Campesinos: #A4B7A9 #53B5AE #78907C #929850 #0D3C52 #699E9E
  • Emiliano Zapata' (20th-Century) By (2024): #120D0C #30221D #B8A58E #582E17 #7E5530 #AC7732
  • Nostalgia Espacial' (1969) By (1969): #C4AE94 #988371 #241E1F #4F2C27 #7C5844 #6C5952
  • Portrait of a Living Girl with a Dead Girl' (1931) By (1931): #665845 #8E7349 #44382C #392216 #2A261F #715732
  • Museo Nacional de Artes (1936): #4C3E2A #924D22 #322616 #715A3C #C48F48 #CA442D
  • Museo Soumaya (1969): #7A4B34 #332626 #190B0A #4C3026 #A35131 #956F56
  • Woman in Rotation' (1969) By (1969): #1D191D #705F57 #A28680 #0C0809 #423739 #935337
  • Museo Soumaya (1966): #6B5E57 #83633B #322219 #21120B #A28D6D #47392D
  • Apoteosis de Cuauhtémoc de en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 01 (2019): #3C395F #914B6B #273873 #A06D68 #F0A45F #D07E4A
  • Apoteosis de Cuauhtémoc de en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 02 (2019): #43395A #93485A #2F3981 #C06651 #ED8F22 #F7A856
  • Davidalfarosiqueirostombdoloresdf (2009): #272C26 #484D44 #929483 #CDD0C2 #90A4B4 #F4F7F4
  • Detail of 'Zapata' (1966) By (1966): #907C6C #53433E #935536 #C6C1B1 #744B39 #1B1314
  • Firma de Siqueiros en el Mural Nueva Democracia 01 (2019): #837470 #89664D #8C582D #576F7E #595654 #87939E
  • Firma de Siqueiros en el Mural Nueva Democracia 02 (2019): #504441 #4F3626 #2B3A45 #595C66 #31251E #112D41
  • Ideales Agrarios y Laboristas de la Revolución: #94A09E #723F22 #976945 #F5A345 #F7BB68 #D4883A
  • Cuauhtémoc Against the Myth (Apro): #6C503C #8F7D58 #544A42 #90513E #B69A58 #352B25
  • Palacio de Bellas Artes (2008): #63524D #7F5434 #D9A15A #462C28 #B8865D #BF703A
  • Panel Izquierdo, Víctimas de la Guerra, de Mural Nueva Democracia, de Siqueiros (2019): #143B6D #8C5B06 #CEC5A0 #404E75 #556D90 #301F0E
  • Polyforumsiqueiros01 (2011): #494E54 #CCCBCA #949A9A #919C5E #C4E3F9 #697343
  • Polyforumsiqueiros08 (2011): #A1A2A3 #5E605E #E2DED2 #1E2120 #393B38 #5D8390
  • Polyforumsiqueiros15 (2011): #89857F #C2BDB8 #58564F #2D2D28 #131410 #EFF6F8
  • Polyforumsiqueiros34 (2011): #CDCFD2 #515556 #7C7F80 #A0A4A8 #B78B86 #101411
  • Self-Portraits in Uffizi Gallery Siqueiros (8 Oc): #422B1B #966F49 #664329 #BE8634 #DFB06C #241A18
  • Siqueirosmuralsanmiguel (2008): #46444A #564027 #6D5E46 #2C2218 #CEBFA3 #676978
  • Metro: #9D7652 #211333 #0A061B #070729 #0C0D3A #8E919B
  • Tormento de Cuauhtémoc de en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 01 (2019): #E76D12 #882D2C #235684 #EBA90C #B24216 #F9CB2E
  • Tormento de Cuauhtémoc de en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 02 (2019): #E85815 #B54E39 #A59C49 #F08C15 #2C6699 #F49341
  • Tormento de Cuauhtémoc de en el Palacio de Bellas Artes 03 (2019): #386F87 #71514C #E9730A #F09210 #C2611D #F8AF2B

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