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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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Dionys van Nijmegen

7 works, 1732 to 1790.

Palette: #3F3223 #6F6144 #9B8962 #544028 #1F1D19 #14110D #3E2517 #E1D4A9

  • Portret van Dionys Eliasz van Nijmegen (1790): #4C3E22 #312E1C #3E2E1D #6F5D36
  • Zelfportret (1750): #3A291E #433B2C #6A5842 #8C7956 #583D2A #231A15
  • Sara Stiermans (1704-1757). Echtgenote van de Schilder (1750): #332920 #67543C #51331D #3C2618 #8E7754 #1C130F
  • Hugo du Bois, Gekozen In (1734): #252422 #3A3429 #13100F #998D70 #4A2919 #655C44
  • Portret van Cornelis van der Pot (1736-1805). Koopman en Dichter Te Rotterdam (1732): #403326 #776748 #181915 #AB986E #2D2319 #5D4A32
  • Frans de Haes (1708-61). Dichter en Taalgeleerde Te Rotterdam (1732): #6E6142 #42311E #9F8B5D #11120C #53442C #C3B181
  • Portret van Adriaan van der Vliet (1707-77). Dichter Te Rotterdam (1732): #4F412D #1B1B17 #73674A #99875B #372A1D #BFAD7D

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The Works

How the palette changed

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