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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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Ed Clark

Edward "Ed" Clark was an abstract expressionist painter known for his broad, powerful brushstrokes, radiant colors and large-scale canvases.

Palette: #D4C6A9 #987D58 #674F35 #A5A491 #19110B #3A2D1E #C6A480 #51767C

  • Lovice Corbett Whittemore (Mrs. Thomas Whittemore) (1845): #191813 #4D2B12 #3E2210 #CA9974 #A37C5E #30180E
  • Catherine Leaning on a Wall (c.1900-5): #73776B #E4DEC9 #ABAC9A #323939 #494F4A #1B1F21
  • Catherine and Heathcliffe as Children. Verso: Fragmentary Figure (date not known): #D3C19F #B69B78 #9B7A58 #6E4C2E
  • Catherine and Heathcliffe Walking (date not known): #D0BA99 #AE8968 #7E5537 #573218
  • Seated Woman (c.1899): #DACDAF #3C2415 #5F432B #A99374 #82694C #251309
  • Catherine Linton Seated at a Window During Her Last Illness. Verso: Four Figures at Table (date not known): #D3BE9B #AD885C #B9A17A #77694F #988C6E #553B24
  • Catherine and Heathcliffe Sitting in a Field (date not known): #E5D4B0 #735B41 #1C0E07 #9C8668 #351F11 #BBA687
  • Girl Leaning on a Gate (1915): #D9CFBC #B6B0A1 #A79B7F #868380 #51453C #362D26
  • Justin Reading (1932): #B2A28E #90815E #6A5D3B #453D32 #5F5B5A #2E231B
  • Heathcliffe Supporting Catherine (ca. 1924): #D5CEB3 #A8B0A0 #537B7E #7F938C #315662
  • Heathcliffe and Catherine in a Loft (1924): #BBBEA7 #678986 #39626F #8EA599 #234355 #616F60
  • The Earnshaw Family by the Fireside (c.1899): #B7B49B #625738 #887F5E #3E341C #0E0904 #231B0D
  • Heathcliffe Supporting Catherine on a Couch (date not known): #F7F1E0 #E7D2AF #D0AF86 #B68B5F #8E6645 #6E4830
  • Seated Woman (date not known): #9E7F4C #765B36 #7E7550 #594122
  • Fireside Scene (date not known): #352C2B #18192F #39354B #D5B196 #9D725F #807477
  • Still Life of a Basket on a Chair (1900): #3D2D18 #5D4C2C #291B0F #817150 #19110C #542F1D
  • The Works of William Shakespeare: #150D0A #3C4941 #181E1B #423227 #261109 #5B4A38

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