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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 Vuillard

Vuillard dissolved figures into patterned interiors, weaving rich tapestries of dusty pinks, sage greens, and warm taupes.

Palette: #917D62 #725239 #615A4F #C0A479 #A27D42 #492E1C #825125 #AC513A

  • La Partita di Dama (1902): #BC8164 #BF893D #8C5C49 #996423 #CBA589 #EBBB67
  • In the Waiting Room (1898): #A49D6E #877B4E #7C856B #A88E3F #6C5D37 #CDD3B3
  • By the Worktable (1905): #666348 #827344 #95937F #4D5041 #534B30 #BABAA9
  • Szene im Café (1899): #817E77 #262422 #A87B58 #B49B80 #C2BBA9 #7F6A58
  • Das Speisezimmer (1902): #9B6E5F #A2A7A9 #94857C #635853 #765549 #D3D3D2
  • Lucy Hessel Reading (Lucy Hessel Lisant) (1913): #BABFB3 #9C9B84 #222D3C #73786C #CDB986 #726044
  • Le Pot de Fleurs [Pot of Flowers] (1900): #B3ABB2 #6D705D #6F6370 #967F63 #B3865A #BAA78C
  • La Salle Clarac (1922): #776F6A #252C2E #4A463F #9C92A2 #72603E #0A1115
  • Madame Hessel à Sa Fenêtre: #575859 #BCB8B0 #968A7B #364558 #333537 #615547
  • Child Wearing a Red Scarf: #332F2E #A89C88 #5A4A3D #7B5D46 #DE712F #BD6837
  • Femme au Bouquet (1925): #B39A5F #AFB2AD #8C7C5B #4A4033 #E1D1B4 #1F2022
  • Théodore Duret (1912): #4D4138 #AB9F89 #6C6554 #B58A82 #954239 #907B5C
  • Café Wepler (ca. 1908-10): #C6A777 #A49D8F #A1886B #7D7065 #A6864A #5D4C48
  • Woman Ironing (1892): #9C926F #292218 #867148 #493A26 #655437 #24170D
  • At the Café (ca. 1897-99): #26211B #413324 #141412 #873F1A #66341B #552216
  • Luncheon (Annette and Her Grandmother) (1899): #7E644C #4D423B #94917F #6F685E #925451 #684A37
  • Orchard (1897): #7E6E56 #68574E #8C8881 #595E4C #9C8655 #986940
  • Portrait de Toulouse Lautrec, à Villeneuve-Sur-Yonne, Chez Les Natanson (1898): #825B35 #695644 #C2AA87 #CD9228 #958168 #443427
  • Profil de Toulouse-Lautrec (~1898) (ca. 1898): #736E51 #575841 #9E815B #59655D #2A2A25 #3E3928
  • Musée D'Orsay (1906): #493736 #D7C29D #846443 #B2956D #7C6D61 #2B262A
  • Lucien Rosengart à Sa Table de Travail (1930): #352D2D #A68B5E #212C3A #7D694B #C2B38F #5B5A5D
  • Sous Les Arbres du Pavillon Rouge (1946): #333134 #69645E #4A392A #B4AEAA #8F877B #18171F
  • Le Couple Ou la Remontrance: #3C3838 #4C3A2F #887662 #1C1E24 #684F3F #5A575A
  • The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses (1898): #ABB0A7 #827561 #B4AA89 #645749 #788B6F #E3D5B0
  • Au Lit (1891): #C3BEA4 #A89F83 #877257 #604E40
  • Nature Morte au Bougeoir [the Candlestick] (1900): #C5C3CD #BCA888 #5C4441 #CAC0B7 #A88B5C #2D3FA9
  • Roses in a Glass Vase: #C4BEA9 #967246 #775430 #AC9C75 #9F9184 #563B20
  • Woman in a Striped Dress (1895): #856D53 #6E3C3D #5C5F51 #644B44 #BF9363 #CFC4A0
  • Salomon and Cogeval: #634C4A #A28E92 #866C67 #845539 #624235 #45302E
  • Salomon and Cogeval: #A28D8A #4E3530 #6F5B59 #A87A61 #6D4438 #4A4148
  • Salomon and Cogeval: #827F92 #7E8BB7 #59535C #AAACC2 #453C37 #7B6D69
  • Salomon and Cogeval: #AD9F9B #9B7B59 #6C4F36 #826A5A #2F1C1A #7B6F7A
  • Salomon and Cogeval: #7D5734 #977F4C #654933 #AB9B74 #3E2E27 #5A483C
  • Femme en Rose Tricotant ((cir): #B89B79 #8A7558 #BDBDBD #A09990 #6C4E3C #605A53
  • 縫いものをするヴュイヤール夫人 (1920): #B9A87E #96815E #A7A18E #807C76 #AE9055 #DDD0B8
  • Interno con Donna Calla Lettura, 1910-12 Ca., Smk R. 114 (ca. 1910-12): #AC937A #7D6136 #5A5140 #5B4224 #413627 #866E50
  • Garden at Vaucresson (1920): #464233 #5C5730 #B0926D #8F8434 #786B51 #776B31
  • Interior: #7D6038 #523C20 #97876C #574E45 #705C41 #392919
  • Interior with Paintings and a Pheasant (1928): #80725E #595542 #997B54 #403F2F #6C4D33 #968C83
  • La Vida Conyugal y Estudio del Pequeño Salón en el Castillo de Clayes (1896): #8F96A1 #A47D49 #707173 #9F8564 #7A562A #675139
  • Luncheon (1901): #AAA1A0 #7D7370 #674C38 #51433E #7D5127 #DAD3C8
  • Misia at the Piano (1895): #0E1814 #9C7E51 #3B3E34 #E0C077 #C7B17F #6F6C58
  • René Blum (1912): #998F70 #98A0AD #3B3328 #B49865 #63605A #79613B
  • Self-Portrait with Waroquy (1889): #918454 #65512C #3D321C #593913 #2A2618 #AD8145

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