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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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Édouard Manet

Manet shattered academic convention with bold, flattened forms and unapologetic modernity. His palette bridges the dark tones of Velázquez and Hals with the luminous plein-air colors that would define Impressionism.

Palette: #363125 #656857 #927B5A #8A8C7D #554934 #B8A684 #735030 #577A89

  • Le Port de Calais: #E6D9C3 #B6A598 #85674F #7D9D93 #583C31 #3F2320
  • Jeanne (Spring) (1881): #717E67 #A8A283 #3E5749 #1B3F2E #95814C #5C543C
  • Plum Brandy: #C0B4AE #978B88 #5E6059 #725A2D #43201D #473534
  • Sur la Plage (1873): #888671 #E0D8AA #C4D5C1 #B2AE8F #605F51 #484A43
  • Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe Luncheon on the Grass (1863): #2D2C1E #4C4A30 #181917 #6D653C #BDB28F #8E8861
  • The Railway. (1873): #151F2F #EBECE6 #B7A78B #72786D #C5CBC8 #9EA9A9
  • At the Café: #06090C #5A5036 #242F34 #322D1E #5D727B #49575D
  • The Rue Mosnier with Flags (1878): #978F78 #777E79 #5B5D56 #BDB198 #83624B #546C74
  • Young Lady In (1866): #33332C #C0A387 #524E3F #88735D #4F3627 #232420
  • Boating (1874): #468182 #8C8875 #304246 #86684A #34271A #1D1915
  • Berthe Morisot with a Muff (ca. 1871-72): #3D2B17 #261E17 #564225 #766444 #130E0C #A48A60
  • Painting on 1982 Stamp of Niger (1864): #533325 #DACDA9 #F6F4F3 #AB894B #764F32 #846843
  • Basket of Fruit: #342623 #5E5A4C #7F7F56 #43433A #55422F #ADAD93
  • Victorine Meurent: #301C0D #8D6C40 #D3D6C2 #DDC690 #9BA594 #634622
  • Woman with a Fan (1862): #E9E8E1 #969792 #61625C #18181B #232A28 #32453F
  • In His Studio (1870): #6D6148 #2F342E #93754F #49493B #483C2A #B69D7C
  • Portrait d'Ernest Hoschedé et Sa Fille Marthe: #323631 #737063 #4B4F48 #556749 #9F9278 #423C2D
  • Le Bon Bock (1873): #252018 #3F3C32 #B4826B #806551 #D1B39D #60432E
  • L'Exécution: #CECDC8 #100C10 #8A8577 #5A554B #25242A #432D29
  • Antonin Proust (1880): #2B1D18 #0B0B15 #6E513F #9D7D68 #222136 #0E0A09
  • Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers (1865): #191917 #4A473D #BCA88E #8E795F #342F26 #6C5845
  • The Toilers of the Sea (1873): #ACB2AF #5B523A #312C1A #7C8172 #1E1A0D #958763
  • The Ship's Deck ((c.): #949690 #332E23 #6C695A #4F4A3C #968D6F #5D4325
  • The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil (1874): #43523B #4A6C53 #ADA393 #285440 #727054 #2F2D26
  • The Dead Christ with Angels (1864): #1B1915 #373428 #ADB096 #585039 #867954 #7D8374
  • Fishing (ca. 1862-63): #1F2D27 #37422E #3A3620 #4B584F #1D1D16 #69613F
  • The Railway (1873): #D7D9D3 #222B37 #7C8379 #B0A48B #A7B0AD #494B46
  • Femme en Robe à Rayures (2019): #757582 #A29A81 #464B52 #282828 #C5C3BB #79745F
  • Gypsy with a Cigarette (1864): #91A3B1 #7A5224 #9C5F1B #140E0E #5E210F #BEC8C5
  • Ritratto di Donna con Bavero Nero, 1878 Ca (ca. 1878): #708263 #D0BCC6 #B08160 #8F5328 #774B34 #4C2919
  • Claude Monet Painting in His Studio (2023): #728892 #986C28 #897B60 #0C0E11 #36556D #605134

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