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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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Erich Heckel

Heckel painted angular figures in landscapes of emotional intensity. His palette ranges from the harsh acid greens and violets of his early work to the softer, more atmospheric tones of his maturity.

Palette: #232122 #7D664C #B7A98B #C28743 #38345F #938448 #985530 #784D23

  • Bildnis Heckel (1910): #363937 #C5894A #21211F #5D6D4E #4A5544 #151413
  • Otto Mueller Playing Chess (1913): #3C3B3D #B97250 #7E5542 #67635D #9C4036 #BC7A40
  • 804.1-2.1970 (1909-33): #1D1F47 #141229 #645497 #3A2C53 #39376E #2A223B
  • Modell im Atelier (1905): #2B252C #52544E #93874A #564F36 #555C73 #7A8079
  • Otto Mueller beim Schach (1913): #23201D #4B3525 #7A482C #5D2D20 #334646 #996042
  • Snow Landscape (1915): #B2A383 #323230 #8E8774 #50504A #6E6651 #9A8142

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

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