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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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Edward Hopper

Hopper painted American solitude in slanting light. His palette is restricted but precise — the warm yellow of artificial light against cool blue shadow, the green of an empty office at night.

Palette: #998764 #DAD8C6 #D4BF91 #100F0E #7E5F3B #C5A561 #A6723F #6B3A1B

  • Chop Suey (1929): #1D2C3D #4F322B #857B4A #624834 #C8D8D2 #355475
  • Automat (1927): #110704 #282111 #45422A #D2DBA7 #686F58 #A1703C
  • The Bootleggers (1925): #BBCBD9 #88A5B6 #516A70 #36464B #5D839D #95A39B
  • Nighthawks (1942): #222C2A #669072 #4D291A #162A2F #E5E087 #4A5948
  • Corn Hill (Truro, Cape Cod), By (1930): #CAC9C4 #C8B485 #1C2127 #494C3C #9D9361 #A8B4BF
  • Apartment Houses (1923): #968E83 #65615E #262528 #3F3C39 #171110 #444C60
  • (Après-Midi de Juin or L'Après-Midi de Printemps), By (1907): #B9C5C4 #E3DAB7 #D0BC8A #C0B9A0 #95A6AE #BFA462
  • (Dutch Girl), By (1900): #A56A39 #A58C65 #936B48 #C5B59E #7C502F #654631
  • (Elizabeth Griffiths Smith Hopper, the Artist's Mother), By: #898264 #252127 #C2A57D #60614B #43364B #DBC8AA
  • (Group of Musicians in an Orchestra Pit), By: #211C19 #171515 #69553C #876C48 #3B2D23 #513F2D
  • (Painting Class), By: #21201B #3E3328 #564835 #78664C #9B8565 #131511
  • (Portrait of a Man with Spectacles), By: #1C1E1D #B07C5E #543D2D #352C25 #E5BA96 #815D46
  • (Portrait of a Young Man), By: #1F1F1B #472F21 #A97C5F #D3B08B #7D4F36 #101310
  • (Portrait of an Old Woman), By (1905): #161614 #D3AD8A #B3896A #876B50 #090A09 #674C39
  • (Satan in Red), By (1900): #4C4946 #313334 #5C312A #813D32 #362320 #785D3F
  • (Seated Male Nude), By: #4C3D26 #332B1A #977048 #C79B68 #6F5233 #212015
  • (Seated Man with Standing Figure), By: #382E2C #503F34 #7F5D43 #B38B69 #2A2027
  • (Self-Portrait), by (4) (1903): #211E18 #716754 #4A3E2F #141412 #B6A98D #90613D
  • (Standing Indian Chief), By (1901): #413A2D #28251D #512C1A #70563B #7C341E #191B15
  • (Standing Male Nude), By: #353227 #22231B #B8835F #563D29 #895C40 #332718
  • (Standing Male Nude), by (2): #413526 #2A261E #AE835C #DFB27E #7F5B3F #1B1C17
  • Barack Obama Looks at Two Paintings on Display in the Oval Office, 2014 2 (<p>T): #0F1017 #CCB88D #D1D1C6 #7F5535 #9C8458 #1C2331
  • Cottages at North Truro: #CEC8BD #ABB2B8 #716E59 #C0AD86 #9B9982 #566869
  • Le Pont Royal, By (1909): #E1DED9 #C09F71 #D5BF9D #817053 #D6CCB6 #5A595D
  • Lighthouse Hill, 1927 By (1927): #74A8BD #1A210D #0E1403 #9ECBD4 #726F3F #494922
  • Sailing (1911): #CFCFCF #D7BFA1 #5B5958 #363636 #AAA499 #8B8075
  • Self-Portrait (1925-30): #A3AD9E #162322 #493F26 #4C6561 #253A32 #B88A5C
  • Trees in Sunlight, Parc de Saint-Cloud Hopper (1907): #DDD6BE #5F6B44 #E3BFA4 #765F3A #909758 #E8BF86
  • Nighthawks (1942): #1F2A2A #689172 #E2DE8A #4E2A1C #1A1A19 #352014
  • Early Sunday Morning (1930): #413D21 #0C0C06 #ABBBC0 #9E2F06 #7F3007 #705718
  • Girl at Sewing Machine (1921): #855539 #37291F #564131 #B2CCE2 #B56F47 #D5CBA1
  • Hotel Lobby (1943): #3C2E32 #74857D #1D232C #4F5452 #D9DFDB #9BAEA8
  • Office at Night (1940): #DBD3AF #0B0C04 #3D260D #593712 #C4B97A #844C12
  • House by the Railroad (1925): #A3B6BA #324C4F #80A3C0 #393926 #576F7A #6D4B2E
  • Hotel by a Railroad (1952): #283742 #1E2B2B #071921 #D5CA85 #8D928E #4D4835
  • Lighthouse Hill (1928): #74A8BC #191F0C #0C1102 #716B3A #A3CFD6 #474621
  • Night Windows (1928): #252626 #14161B #CDC793 #404135 #585943 #968E64
  • New York Movie (1939): #100505 #201714 #623928 #EBCA4E #986F41 #706042
  • Cape Cod Evening (1939): #E3C79E #CDD7DA #184D6F #467182 #7F979F #14364C
  • Ground Swell (1939): #94C4E6 #B7DBDB #E4E5DB #87C3CB #539EC3 #909D95
  • Gas (1940): #363734 #BCAA7F #7E8186 #525141 #776D54 #9F6E46
  • Second Story Sunlight (1960): #233036 #5AACD0 #314130 #146B91 #DEDECD #4E5E32
  • High Noon (1949): #E2E7E4 #5B9DC2 #707773 #97BBD0 #38525E #547485
  • Hotel Window (1955): #CCB46C #7C7C7D #1F0504 #4A3A3A #9C884E #442915
  • The Bootleggers (1925): #C1D0DE #9BB5C7 #839EA9 #4D6264 #5B7E93 #303F43
  • New York Restaurant (1922): #101515 #BBC4BC #2C1913 #20231A #7C3F24 #957A3D
  • New York Interior (1921): #A39269 #875331 #2B2923 #6B422A #584433 #70736F
  • Blackwell's Island (1928): #A0B0BC #5C85B4 #DDDCCF #454742 #282E37 #7EA4C8
  • Morning Sun (1952): #B4B796 #637270 #3B4D59 #99A9A3 #769BAF #D4CCBA

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