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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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Eugène Boudin

Boudin painted the sky more than any artist before him. His beach scenes at Trouville are studies in atmospheric color — pearl grey clouds, turquoise water, white parasols.

Palette: #6F6B58 #ADACA5 #3B382C #AFA385 #6F5534 #9F794E #57361E #D1AC5F

  • Beach Scene (ca. 1865-67): #85826A #3B2C1E #6E512D #615E4B #221A15 #542F1A
  • The Dock of Deauville (1891): #AAABA3 #8F8A7E #545142 #746E5E #8DA3AA #383327
  • The Coast at Trouville (ca. 1865-1900): #989478 #7E7157 #C7BF9F #6E8A71 #594F3C #473720
  • Trouville (1871): #968D79 #7B6641 #766E5F #3C372F #5B503E #24201D
  • Bordeaux, the Harbor (1874): #AB9A8F #665C5B #887C78 #3D3A39 #A4845D
  • The Port of Bordeaux (1874): #B3B2AE #C1A990 #8F8C8A #242A2B #3B4140 #D5AB7F
  • Trouville, Scène de Plage (1880): #D3D5DE #B39E89 #6A6264 #BFB9B7 #2F2F44 #E1D5CA
  • The Calm (1882): #898795 #ADA9B4 #402F25 #514440 #221714 #6F5B4C
  • Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya: #B0B5BC #464C38 #212618 #3D431E #0D1009 #666737
  • Musée d'Art Moderne André-Malraux (Muma) Joconde07200001993: #463E30 #2F2B26 #70684A #211B15 #593724 #AB7639
  • Beaulieu: the Bay of Fourmis (1892): #B3CCDD #7DB2D6 #35708B #9B9374 #69746D #34463B
  • Crinolines sur la Plage (1863): #BABBC1 #B5895D #8A8C90 #8C6747 #0E0A0C #6C5648
  • Seascape with Open Sky (1860): #B7B9B7 #7AA5BA #849092 #5B6E77
  • The Beach (1864): #96969A #75747E #2F221C #917952 #514742 #13080A
  • Fair in Brittany (1874): #AEADA1 #928368 #5E5846 #323025 #404935 #493D31
  • Marine (1894): #A8A9AA #86A1BC #757A71 #80714B #8B929A #515A4E
  • The Farm in Saint-Siméon (1856): #CECDC0 #222013 #534521 #C4BA9A #383019 #7A6433
  • Beach Scene: #87846C #302319 #696955 #6D512D #4C3D2A #592C1A
  • L'Escault à Anvers, Dit Aussi le Port d'Anvers Harbour of Antwerpen (1876): #8D8373 #6B6050 #534737 #383026 #B8AA8F
  • St. Vaast-La-Hougue (1892): #ABA890 #888E83 #E0CEA4 #665239 #998765 #796E57
  • Washerwomen by the River: #B2AB9B #776D4E #3B3D28 #8C9190 #20241A #D1B583
  • Kanal in Brüssel (1871): #CABF9B #716B57 #9C8E70 #613C2E #4E4439 #412C27
  • Venice, Santa Maria della Salute from San Giorgio (1895): #8C9DAC #BEAF96 #95734F #8E8C7D #6B8483 #768EAB
  • La Touques, le Matin (1889): #A5A294 #715A38 #3D3A2E #625F4E #92815B #21201B
  • Parc Cordier in Trouville (Arou): #CBD7D3 #465E39 #11261A #294027 #727D4C #A9BEC8
  • On the Beach at Trouville (1863): #B6AD8E #67573B #525447 #27231F #8A8A71 #403729
  • Princess Pauline Metternich (1836-1921) on the Beach (1836): #A5ABAE #6B7176 #90856C #4E4C4E #3F4E67 #773F3B
  • Village by a River (prob): #B6A893 #8A806F #3D392A #615A46 #715836 #988059
  • The Beach at Villerville (1864): #90897E #96744E #DDC390 #443128 #B5B5A6 #251A15
  • Lavandaie (1895): #B7B5AC #4A341D #5C5040 #8B8576 #7B603A #BFA064
  • Marine Scene (TBD,): #D4B165 #AE803F #865827 #5D3313 #9A5E19 #CA9440

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