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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.

Scanning works…

Egon Schiele

Schiele's palette is flesh and anxiety — raw pinks, sickly greens, and the deep brown of exposed skin.

Palette: #C5B7A0 #5A422D #826141 #7C421E #A77941 #B0573B #CD8652 #165155

  • Mother with Two Children II (1915): #D19126 #AF8530 #B5711C #BA9E6C #865C1D #836A45
  • Lovers (Self-Portrait with Wally): #F3E9CD #D7A78F #765647 #A6846E #DFC9AA #CC8557
  • Composition by Portrait of Three Men (Self-Portrait) (1911): #D9BB96 #BF5B41 #864238 #A73E34 #D3AA76 #CF8659
  • Lovers (1913): #D4BFA0 #987E66 #C76331 #B29D81 #A35D36 #AE7B3D
  • Seated Woman with Bent Knees (1917): #E8D1B2 #6E6860 #349173 #A18F7C #0B604C #C0B199
  • Eduard Kosmack (1910): #C8B8A0 #4E4943 #766753 #9C8063 #5E4537 #353133
  • Die Umarmung (1917): #A9866A #C7C6BA #AAA07E #3C342C #A39850 #9CA09D
  • Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers, Edith Schiele (1918): #363F42 #B0AE9F #496079 #65655A #848676 #AD926C
  • Reinerbub (Bildnis Herbert Reiner) (1910): #C7B4A0 #633E3B #37302C #181F19 #80373C #A3947C
  • Victor Ritter von Bauer (1918): #BAA141 #BEBA9D #939174 #907329 #705829 #352E23
  • Interieur (1907): #62605E #634A3D #40332B #8F898A #C1AEA3 #864E45
  • Sonnenblumen I (1911): #4B3A1F #362D20 #E8D7C6 #654923 #75643B #4B2E1E
  • Dr. Hugo Koller (1918): #353D3F #5D5A4F #724D40 #114C4F #857E6B #46585C
  • Häuser im Winter (Blick Aus Dem Atelier): #B6A98E #77481D #683208 #68482B #8E6C3F #4E2309
  • Bildnis Dr. Franz Martin Haberditzl (1917): #31352D #816953 #17231A #B3977E #55493B #091D1A
  • Kauerndes Menschenpaar (die Familie) (1918): #1F2021 #A48B5E #36312A #574D38 #785E37 #35231C
  • Mutter mit Zwei Kindern III: #1C1714 #ADA58D #DBD5C4 #7D582D #A96E32 #944E1F
  • Hauswand (Fenster) (1914): #B8B7AB #5D6155 #8A8B79 #202D27 #3E453C #655339
  • Tod und Mädchen (1915): #BBB6AC #57473B #9C7F5F #765B43 #877E6F #3F342F
  • Portrait of Wally (1912): #C9BEA6 #1B1E1A #353832 #6B3D21 #9C9179 #4E2F19
  • Death and the Maiden (1915): #977B5D #BFB9AE #513E32 #766D5E #705138 #362D24
  • Dead City III (1911): #22211C #362C1E #0E161E #A59472 #53422A #756546
  • Still Life with Crockery (1918): #F2E3CD #82604B #D1A671 #B2937C #2C211E #4C342A
  • Girl Nude with Folded Arms (1910): #DBB78E #D29058 #C97A52 #CE5B43 #B08359 #8C6145
  • Portrait of Edith Schiele with Striped Dress (1915): #F9E0AF #F3CD8F #987B40 #3F3930 #837456 #70592D
  • Black-Haired Girl with Raised Skirt (1911): #BE9E7B #826046 #0B080A #9C7F65 #201A1D #322722
  • Self-Portrait with Physalis (1912): #CDC9BB #2A2F34 #454646 #A99C8B #947D6C #9A2A26
  • Portrait of Paris von Gütersloh (1918): #6F3D11 #8A743F #88601B #9B906D #533414 #94501B
  • Portrait of Edith (the Artist's Wife) (1915): #E2DBC9 #6F6B58 #9E9684 #3A403D #C0B59C #3D685C
  • The Family (1918): #1F2020 #9F8150 #37322B #BEAD8A #545140 #382417
  • House Wall (Window Wall) (1914): #B9B8AC #8C8B7A #575B50 #1F261D #3A3F34 #5A4F37
  • Prophets (Double Self-Portrait) (1911): #3C3632 #AE8349 #5A4435 #785035 #DBBB6F #AA5E3F
  • Kneeling Woman with Bent Head (1915): #DACCC1 #CDB19D #544966 #8E7246 #403744 #CF9A95
  • Stylized Flowers in Front of Decorative Background (1908): #735743 #2E1B2E #190C1B #070209 #603D2D #947A65
  • Dead City (1911): #323119 #211F0D #422E17 #575532 #141407 #C0BEA0
  • Stein on the Danube, Seen from the South (Large) (1913): #DDD5CC #3A2722 #6D5C47 #AD9265 #C0B19E #9C8A74
  • Portrait of a Woman with Orange Hat (1910): #ECAC67 #DF864E #CA8754 #CD6445 #975B3C
  • Town Among Greenery (the Old City III) (1917): #5E6867 #364343 #B9BEBE #E6E8E6 #879597 #1B2527

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