The Colorist
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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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El Lissitzky

Lissitzky's Prouns float geometric forms in infinite space. His palette is disciplined — red, black, grey, white — color as architectural force.

Palette: #BCAB98 #E3DDC9 #897F71 #927353 #0B0C08 #D6B36D #831316 #C48C2E

  • Study for Proun 4b, el Lissitzky, Coleção Berardo (2023): #D6C2B1 #927864 #6D5545 #281B17 #493329 #B48038
  • Untitled (ca. 1919-20): #E7DFCA #747171 #7A0B13 #3A2427 #B89023 #BEB5A0
  • Proun 4 B (1919-20): #D5D4B7 #9FB2B4 #363637 #D4CB96 #485B62 #858B88
  • Proun 2c (1920): #E9DFD9 #C0AFA4 #20201E #836D49 #E1CAA9 #BDA27E
  • Proun Vrashchenia (ca. 1919): #B79E83 #CCC3B9 #191215 #292B36 #69696E #7E6447
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #B7A495 #A58269 #49372E #8D7A6E
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #BDAEA0 #A68F7C #A77753 #846956 #281A14 #895733
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #C6B29E #1D1615 #BC8D66 #998371 #38251D #DFD1C4
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #C0AB97 #A28B75 #291E1A #7F5F47 #B78966
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #CAB8A6 #392C26 #221815 #AB7B55 #8C7C6E #74553D
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #BBA493 #AB7956 #A28876 #3F2B21 #59483E #877267
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #BAA492 #A5694B #A2836C #4C3528 #785843
  • El Lissitzky (1923): #C4AB98 #967D6B #514743 #775C4A
  • Coleção Berardo (2023): #BEA794 #402D22 #6B5242 #8F7868
  • Proun 23 N (B 111) (1920): #D6D9D8 #4D4D47 #B6BCC2 #B6A890 #737470 #7D4936
  • 001: #FBFAD3 #FDFDF2 #F7EDAE #988FCA #E3CE9E #6E4022
  • Proun G.b.a. (1923): #827155 #695D2F #0D110F #232419 #625913 #64573C
  • Komposition: #B59C77 #674F36 #433021 #E49620 #8E3D1E #E2D4BC
  • Halle (2022): #B2A489 #9D8761 #080809 #7D6B4F #C0B074 #3A352A
  • Study for Proun 4b (1920): #BCB6A6 #61594F #423B33 #0A090A #805C1F #8C887D
  • Milgroim 1923 1 Title Page (1923): #B6A9A0 #9B5249 #A97C73 #892920
  • Proun 19d: #AEAB99 #827F70 #1A1711 #3C3629 #927A44 #664E32
  • Peacock After a Wall Painting on the West Side of the Mohilev Synagogue By (1916): #E1D3C2 #837D6D #B2AA8B
  • Proun 1e (City) (1920): #D9CFB9 #8A897B #0E1100 #343826 #F1ECE5 #62614D
  • Untitled (1919): #E6DEC9 #747171 #7A0C13 #B99023 #36181B #BAB29F
  • Proun 19d (1920): #ADAA98 #827F71 #14120C #373023 #947E4B #5E5A4C
  • Proun 4 B (1919): #D6D4B6 #9FB2B4 #353536 #D3CB96 #485B61 #868C89
  • Proun 5a (1923): #C3B3B1 #45151C #9C8B86 #1E161A #5B4F57 #3C333A
  • Proun 6 (2023): #DFD9CE #414F5D #D2BFA6 #2B2B32 #14161C #969189
  • Proun P23 (1919): #EDCCA1 #67362C #AF967B #434741 #EADFD0 #7C5F4D
  • I84368 (1921): #E1DAC2 #BB9963 #789DC6 #D32A26 #AD9B88 #2D2928
  • Harvard University (1923): #BEA686 #6F6259 #C8A76B #D5CAC1 #0F0F11 #A58663

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