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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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Edgar Degas

Degas applied color with the precision of a draftsman. His pastels layer chalky blues, greens, and oranges in hatched strokes that vibrate with artificial gaslight.

Palette: #7E6C51 #473C2E #603E24 #976E42 #BD9866 #3F2617 #CDC8BB #C0772E

  • Dancers (1899): #513342 #756581 #7A575E #9D7774 #E8CBCC #B79596
  • The Dance Class (1874): #615943 #55644B #85826D #1E1810 #3E392B #523923
  • Dancers Practicing at the Barre (1877): #4C493F #746956 #B4A377 #AAA8A0 #7E6946 #363936
  • The Collector of Prints (1866): #181512 #302418 #675741 #3B3B2F #6E4E25 #8F8C71
  • Sulking (ca. 1870): #462918 #2E1E17 #827660 #4B443E #1A1512 #6B4329
  • A Woman Seated Beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) (1865): #4F4A38 #694D2D #2C2C27 #706B5D #836849 #563D24
  • The Dancing Class (ca. 1870): #6E5A42 #4E3B29 #2D2119 #19120F #3A3226 #938674
  • James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (ca. 1867): #3E3322 #2B1D12 #120F0E #442C16 #766041
  • The Old Italian Woman (1857): #6B4D2E #998D75 #412D1D #9D7742 #88653A #B69366
  • A Woman Ironing (1873): #B9AA8E #301C13 #938364 #62604E #5D4928 #4A2D1A
  • The Ballet from "Robert le Diable (1871): #2B1E15 #766847 #1D1310 #4B3A23 #9B8D6A #70552C
  • Dancers (ca. 1890): #414738 #5F4B36 #3B3226 #2B5A4D #786556 #1A3932
  • Madame Théodore Gobillard (1869): #7B653F #362A18 #584426 #1E1911 #576036 #13130F
  • Young Woman with Her Hand Over Her Mouth (ca. 1875): #7B6A4E #332B23 #48331D #564D40 #634B30 #1F1915
  • Male Nude (1856): #241C12 #8A653A #3B2A19 #654626 #4D321A #13110C
  • Frieze of Dancers (1895): #666053 #39382F #634D2E #4C4230 #8D8A7E #35452D
  • Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting (1878): #1C180C #0B0B0D #5F4A27 #362811 #7D663A
  • Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi (1875): #0D0809 #3A2A21 #644832 #261A16 #81684E #5E4F41
  • Self-Portrait (ca. 1857-58): #473C2B #622E1D #15100D #422617 #2E251A #9A5A40
  • Femme à la Coiffeuse (1879): #BAB8AD #6987A9 #695045 #88796D #5D5D5F #B09362
  • Dancers in Pink (ca. 1876): #975C55 #383420 #847B4B #545434 #724937 #C8827F
  • After the Bath (ca. 1895): #5A6367 #BF9A8F #86736B #B4A7AA #713D28 #A2554F
  • Ballet (L'Étoile) (ca. 1876-77): #666B69 #8EA0A4 #695740 #34342E #C7CAC4 #917044
  • Ballet Dancer with Arms Crossed (ca. 1872): #A53F18 #B97848 #C29C70 #755B3A #A8562B #D9C6A4
  • Répétition d'Un Ballet sur la Scène (1874): #46392D #C5BBA6 #89785D #695843 #A39377 #2C2623
  • Before the Performance (1896): #68543E #A77A38 #493526 #502713 #824225 #6B622B
  • Salle de Billard au Ménil-Hubert (1892): #4C381B #694712 #745936 #352818 #87744F #5D553B
  • Dancers at the Barre (ca. 1900): #76753D #719784 #AF7B13 #997920 #4E5427 #726019
  • Deux Danseuses Jaunes et Roses (ca. 1898): #83786D #4F433A #AF917D #735D46 #D5A44A #B89455
  • Erinnerung an Velázquez (1858): #453730 #26211E #60342B #161615 #765847 #7C4030
  • Four Dancers (ca. 1899): #545747 #807453 #735E45 #A17D4B #694633 #363F3B
  • Henri Rouart und Sein Sohn Alexis (1895): #786146 #423F38 #2A2826 #AF8360 #5C453B #D0B18C
  • Interior (1868): #432617 #271C17 #644F29 #633819 #4E3F20 #39281A
  • Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas (1871-72): #221915 #110C0A #3D2812 #5D3815 #70512D #2D1C0D
  • Mary Cassatt (1880-84): #161619 #A47F47 #3C2920 #DCCFA3 #5D4832 #856E4C
  • Melancholy (1860): #3D190C #28130A #B39E85 #51250F #887154 #702A11
  • Painting (1883): #70644B #7B612E #AAAAAB #505248 #4C4020 #978C6F
  • Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting (ca. 1878-80): #100F0D #261E0B #644E2B #372D19 #402606
  • Self-Portrait (1857): #483D2C #622E1E #17110F #3E2719 #2E261C #553825
  • The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli) (ca. 1865-66): #252521 #8A7954 #544125 #393123 #D0AB81 #E5D1B5
  • The Cellist Pilet (ca. 1868-69): #2D2A26 #453C2C #5D4D32 #9D8954 #C8BE9C #7C643D
  • The Convalescent (ca. 1872-87): #251A11 #A79B85 #7D705D #463422 #5B4F3E #15100C
  • The Milliners (ca. 1882-1905): #403022 #6F4A2F #9F927F #4B2A1B #7B6B54 #753C24
  • The Millinery Shop (1879): #885D3F #8C7B55 #505B57 #635A44 #644739 #919C82
  • Victoria Dubourg (ca. 1868-69): #674534 #301823 #C4BDAA #513333 #411B15 #110816
  • Waiting (1882): #73674D #886532 #2F2E2E #56554A #9C938D #4B3827
  • Woman Ironing (ca. 1892-95): #4B1710 #1C0A12 #A66F65 #361919 #5C332A #72281C
  • Woman Ironing (1876-87): #BAA995 #6D635B #866651 #4F433E #8B8A7E #E3C5A1
  • Die Tanzklasse (1875): #897B7A #B7ACAA #2F2227 #4C3D42 #6D5759 #DED6D2
  • Young Spartans Exercising (1860): #785E33 #9B7C5C #82522E #5D3F24 #3B3126 #442A16
  • Count Lepic and His Daughters (1871): #B6B1A4 #383329 #908876 #545545 #408767 #7D6444
  • After a Bath. Woman Drying the Back of Her Neck (1895): #D8AD78 #B7AF98 #6F7368 #E9A94D #765E4B #9C8560
  • L'Absinthe (1875): #A09873 #1B1114 #423528 #2E1D1A #7C7152 #5C533E
  • Les Choristes (1877): #524C3C #827866 #2E291F #755139 #B0A292 #4C351F
  • The Tub (1886): #92826D #5D625B #BDB49C #735B48 #DDD5BD #828C81
  • Le Café-Concert aux Ambassadeurs (1876): #4D473F #B9AE9B #7E705A #A9564F #9E8B6C #6D4B3C
  • Self-Portrait (1854): #39301C #151617 #211E15 #615339 #C6ACA1 #836C58
  • Dancer with Bouquet, Bowing on Stage (1877): #8D8573 #C1BEB2 #BFB193 #686251 #A18458 #88968E
  • Dancers at the Barre (1900): #AD7C16 #585B29 #749986 #828046 #8B721E #685916
  • Blue Dancers (1897): #514F47 #6A90AB #5D4934 #52626F #B2A697 #3E6794
  • Le Champ de Courses. Jockeys Amateurs Près d'Une Voiture (1874): #3E5037 #292822 #677752 #877649 #B2C2A2 #5E5638
  • Houses at the Seaside (1869): #C7B694 #9EBCCC #B6C6C7 #A6A38D #7F7F6C #605D4B
  • The Parade (1866): #D8D7D7 #D0B590 #7B6B68 #B08364 #8B5944 #54362D
  • At the Milliner's (1882): #202119 #3A3823 #6E5F26 #8C8850 #939E80 #151614
  • Woman in Her Bath Sponging Her Leg (1883): #421C1B #826553 #482D2E #92857B #291012 #BCAC96
  • Woman Wiping Her Left Foot (1886): #EAC790 #8C461D #DA9D66 #642C15 #CC8841 #B46E39
  • Woman Combing Her Hair (1887): #9CA99F #5E6A55 #3F8D97 #868550 #7F8772 #544B2F
  • A Woman Seated Beside a Vase of Flowers (1865): #25271A #7E5915 #3A361E #8F877B #A1793D #C0B8B3
  • A Woman Combing Her Hair (1884): #E3D3C1 #CEAC91 #ABAAA4 #DE9257 #956346 #C18865
  • Racehorses at Longchamp (1874): #57522F #E1D3B7 #382F1B #BDAB95 #20130A #968443
  • Henri Rouart in Front of His Factory (1875): #1D1A16 #4A462D #0A0708 #6A6951 #93592D #989073
  • Hélène Rouart in Her Father's Study (1886): #736354 #754E33 #4C3C31 #B6AC97 #44494E #352C24
  • Dance Class at the Opera (1872): #80643F #646657 #A68858 #4C4235 #969C8B #2E302C
  • A Cotton Office in New Orleans (1873): #1E1614 #705A41 #958A7B #825132 #3D211B #877355
  • Jeantaud, Linet et Lainé (1871): #221213 #3B2A25 #946C41 #3D1F14 #BC9058 #704629
  • Combing the Hair (1896): #843C23 #997A6A #6D3927 #9E6752 #6D483B #B15F39
  • L'Orchestre de L'Opéra (1868): #090708 #241913 #463021 #776149 #B1967A #352C22
  • Laundress (1873): #AEA087 #7B6F59 #4F483D #E7D4B7
  • Women Ironing (1884): #9C9287 #756A63 #4E4945 #6C5143 #B48D7C #97735F
  • Le Violoncelliste Pilet (1868): #2E2B26 #4B402E #9E8A58 #665537 #C9C09E #80683F
  • Marguerite de Gas (1859): #552F1B #755B4C #2E2018 #A38777 #4A392F #D7BBAA
  • Oenochoé Shaped Head of Young Man (1855): #A25529 #4A2617 #7B280F #7E5D49 #CDAC91 #744229
  • Portrait of the Engraveurs Desboutin and Lepic (1877): #251C14 #48301D #161210 #9C8A66 #70573A
  • The Suffering of the City of New Orleans (1865): #58471F #857330 #999F78 #3D2D14 #2B1F12 #49300C
  • Thérèse de Gas (1863): #131216 #5C534B #A5856D #452A1D #37312F #6E4B32
  • After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself (1890): #8F8577 #B6B4AD #BFAD8E #625E4E #7D734E #978A5B
  • Three Russian Dancers (1895): #75705A #B9A98F #49493D #988C74 #AC7F63 #302F24
  • Two Dancers: #695745 #A38268 #C0AD93 #494136 #36322D #5E6458
  • Danseuses sur la Scène (1889): #726248 #5E4529 #494232 #BDB492 #2B281A #94704C
  • Swaying Dancer (1877): #63645A #6C8480 #38362F #978F84 #8F6E55 #435251
  • Gentlemen's Race. Before the Start (1862): #C8B89B #73634E #43332F #A0896B #59322C #58493D
  • Four Dancers (1899): #786F51 #5A5341 #404842 #4F5D4C #AA9D7A #906D41
  • Place de la Concorde (1875): #75694C #3D3A32 #5D5547 #211F1A #372A1B #5F3F2B
  • The Dancing Class (1870): #907143 #47361D #71552A #927F65 #5F4E29 #302819
  • Young Woman in Blue (1884): #675247 #93755D #2F4654 #B49881 #13212E #443630
  • Girl Drying Herself (1885): #8E8973 #758A4F #BEB7A1 #BCCDC3 #969B50 #5C624F
  • Ballet Dancers on the Stage (1883): #796248 #B8A57B #C7C2AB #BE9343 #5A361B #9B8154
  • The Dance Lesson (1879): #8D917A #5D5842 #847553 #3B2B1F #483F2B #C7BC9B
  • Woman Bathing (1906): #8B6034 #DBC5B3 #AD987D #58584B #6A411B #807059
  • Évariste de Valernes (1865): #191919 #B9B5A5 #403B34 #948974 #776753 #D2A572
  • Évariste de Valernes (1868): #685B5D #391C1A #704E36 #250C16 #901E18 #513F44
  • Giovanna Bellelli (1856): #0D0B0B #322319 #DAA979 #3F3637 #A86940 #282325
  • Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas (1871): #1E1713 #5B3614 #342516 #3B250F #0D0806 #735533
  • Miss la la at the Cirque Fernando (1879): #776443 #8A5A33 #5A4C35 #654A2D #9A8B6D #463725
  • Mademoiselle Dihau Playing the Piano (1869): #0D0E08 #E5BC96 #696F53 #1D2519 #B98C64 #313525
  • Ballet Rehearsal (1874): #805E55 #5D3E3C #34242B #49373A #B79C92 #5D2D33
  • Rehearsal on Stage (1874): #564635 #88775E #C2B8A3 #382E28 #28211C
  • Portraits at the Stock Exchange (1879): #25221B #453E2A #6F623F #564C31 #171513
  • Portrait of Léon Bonnat (1863): #A38163 #403334 #7E5F51 #5E413D #CFB482 #8F5C49
  • Portrait of Diego Martelli (1879): #323D42 #ABA284 #564635 #907D55 #6D5439 #322A22
  • James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1867): #242226 #605346 #3C312D #4C382D #64462C #A58F73
  • Portrait of Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "la Source (1867): #5A503B #413426 #252320 #785E35 #79797C #927D5A
  • Portrait of Mary Cassatt (1884): #171719 #9B7A48 #37261E #6F5233 #D9C897 #553D29
  • Portrait of a Young Woman (1867): #A59177 #9B603C #D6A977 #6C3C26 #594037 #3A201C
  • Semiramis Building Babylon (1860): #B4B3A5 #6B533B #373631 #96846A #797E75 #565850
  • Mr. and Mrs. Édouard Manet (1868): #A68963 #979D7A #79774D #060407 #656D5E #8C6B1D
  • Before the Race (1882): #9C7725 #D6BE9F #854F0B #5F3212 #7A602E #462613
  • Morning Toilet (1893): #9C8975 #9D653F #635446 #624530 #826245 #8B4627
  • Paul Lafond and Alphonse Cherfils Examining a Painting (1873): #0D0C0C #201A0D #634E2B #2D240E #3E2506
  • Joséphine Gaujelin (1867): #151615 #483827 #AB9F59 #928756 #70684B #26251F
  • After the Bath (1897): #9B8A66 #99A5A5 #6D604C #C0BB9E #836A36 #413F3F
  • Ballet / the Star / Dancer on the Stage, 1876-1877. Dancer: Rosita Mauri. (1876): #676B69 #96A5A8 #766044 #3B3629 #8D6228 #D9D7D0
  • Theater Box (1885): #403239 #271E32 #665556 #82694E #100C1C #9C827E
  • Madame de Rutté (1875): #3A3731 #A38C61 #5F4E3E #252B2E #806B4D #404D3F
  • King Candaules's Wife (1855): #B7A680 #837C5C #8C7443 #C7C7B1 #66532A #463E18
  • The Rehearsal (1878): #7B7868 #B3AE98 #575243 #171613 #30291D #433B2D
  • Seated Nude Woman Drying Her Hair (1902): #614B37 #B19572 #886E52 #3E2C1E #271910 #120704
  • Dancers (1890): #615233 #464F32 #886940 #3F6651 #44311B #262D21
  • Sulking (1870): #241C11 #382212 #50331D #534A3E #AEA083 #67522F
  • The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage (1874): #4C4B38 #796B46 #2A2B23 #9C9171 #CBBDA5 #70705B
  • Portrait of a Woman in Gray (1865): #AC7742 #B39880 #221820 #452423 #845F37 #866F5E
  • The Singer in Green (1884): #6D7458 #776A36 #698877 #3D5F50 #A79F89 #515132
  • Fan Mount: Ballet Girls (1879): #514630 #6E5B39 #37362B #B9BFAA #736C59 #919081
  • Mademoiselle Marie Dihau (1867): #211C16 #675D3D #412F1B #755828 #A48750 #110D0C
  • Joseph-Henri Altès (1868): #4F2F16 #1B100E #D98629 #663A17 #321C12 #A6621F
  • Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub (1885): #888366 #BDAF8E #47655A #5A593A #A38343 #CFCAB6
  • Self-Portrait (1855): #251D1B #72593C #422D23 #160E11 #B18958 #513023
  • Woman Having Her Hair Combed (1886): #C29B46 #E3D7D1 #94703B #D4B3A0 #B2AAAF #B48D73
  • Young Woman with Ibis (1860): #1F1E16 #2D4E49 #AB6C48 #1E302D #A72917 #3F3B30
  • Woman on a Sofa (1875): #E09F7A #5A5A55 #6E5847 #3B3530 #BFA397 #A97B61
  • Two Men (1865): #1D1C19 #3B3324 #59482E #807458
  • Woman with a Towel (1896): #979997 #767974 #8F7A2E #55564E #937A5D #5B4A35
  • The Dancers (1885): #6E5F4E #987A59 #929192 #4D4338 #352D27 #4F575B
  • The Milliner (1882): #473C34 #948573 #6D5A48 #8E5D3D #302821 #5D6967
  • Woman Combing Her Hair (1888): #BEA97F #6D5F4D #BEB8A6 #4F2E2F #8C7942 #8E7C66
  • Woman Drying Her Foot (1885): #A78F77 #786858 #686A66 #624135 #BEB3A5 #554B48
  • Race Horses (1885): #9C8059 #776E51 #574434 #C89561 #835A41 #C4AC99
  • Dancer Onstage (1877): #515C51 #7E857E #81A1A4 #79694B #46776A #A7A1A1
  • Woman Drying Her Arm (1890): #CDBEA9 #A2978C #736A5E #8D6F4B #524B3B #436351
  • Three Jockeys (1900): #6A7057 #8C8D87 #573D2E #4A5044 #A59981 #BDA574
  • Dancer with a Fan (1890): #6D5E3C #AD8957 #484D3D #2B2D1C #463A1E #1E3629
  • Portrait of a Young Woman (1885): #937D51 #130A09 #71542B #2F1F13 #553E1E #BFAC81
  • The Convalescent (1872): #271B12 #A49983 #7A6D5A #1A130D #50412F #412816
  • View of Saint-Valéry-Sur-Somme (1896): #624B34 #997F70 #28271F #3D2A15 #020204 #413C31
  • Interior of the Cabaret Quat'z'arts with Suzanne Valadon and by Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola: #111110 #D7AB6E #9F7D61 #5A3827 #E1C49F #7E593E
  • A Gorgeous Degas Painting in Buenos Aires (26 J): #F2831A #AD5908 #FB9F05 #C84C06 #F9B444 #F35E0A
  • Danseuse Rajustant Son Épaulette (1897): #BC946A #987254 #7B5D4B #D4C4B5 #714D34 #B39B84
  • Pastel sur Papier (1884): #B7BBB7 #848B87 #B89E52 #9D8D6C #636463 #CEB03C
  • Après le Bain, 2e État de la 1re Planche, Btv1b10462505f: #DEDFCA #78765E #A4A387 #C1C0A3 #565643
  • The Millinery Shop By (1879): #956841 #704D3A #827350 #505B57 #625943 #959E84
  • Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi (1875): #0F090A #3C2B22 #604732 #7C6148 #2A1D18 #451D19
  • Frieze of Dancers (1895): #6E695C #615036 #4B483D #353429 #3E301F #34462E

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