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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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Félix Vallotton

Félix Édouard Vallotton was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut.

Palette: #AB9D85 #8C6C46 #5E3B25 #D4A24A #A3792B #778EB9 #E9CD7B #862B17

  • Corn Fields (1900): #39824A #93A4BC #306736 #D8C686 #B9A284 #6A865C
  • Lady at the Piano (1904): #2B2E33 #8F9191 #6A6D6A #B39D7A #819AB8 #C6C9CC
  • Landscape. Arcques-La-Bataille (1903): #91958D #6E7789 #D0BDC0 #44594F #7A8458 #665F59
  • Mme Vallotton au Piano (1899): #3D2F1E #48483C #818362 #675235 #D6A459 #907651
  • Flix Vallotton le Bassin de Chasse Dhonfleur (1915): #B3B8BB #7C9115 #5E573A #6A7120 #52531F #969E7C
  • The Library (Still-Life) (1921): #363436 #6D6150 #BA9F62 #907C53 #524239 #151415
  • Intimité (1898): #56292D #85413C #240B13 #C55E44 #9F463C #34171E
  • Selbstbildnis (1905): #868D7E #30444F #1F2C2E #D6AD97 #615548 #606865
  • Paysage Avec Chèvre, Vence (1924): #45784C #4A6357 #DCDCCD #B3B49A #7F8D77 #31403C
  • Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1907): #27292C #A19080 #8F7469 #CE9279 #44393B #5F4C4F
  • Adolescente Entrant dans L'Eau (1907): #E9D392 #F3B137 #EDC565 #CFAF7B #0E2C56 #A68B6F
  • Le Sommeil (1908): #34464F #C79B75 #9E9C84 #DF2C2F #172B34 #A07458
  • Le Jambon (1918): #B8A78A #4F453C #9E8D6F #572B1D #3B1F1A #191213
  • Soir aux Andelys (1924): #325D29 #263E39 #B5C48E #B7A286 #B08DB0 #274524
  • Krug mit Gelben Primeln (1915): #43373A #AFB3A4 #857640 #62403E #7E8B7F #4E645A
  • Äpfel (1919): #3A3438 #7A5D4A #9C363B #484F61 #ACA190 #8F9E47
  • Narcisses (1915): #A74A47 #794F18 #D7B596 #7C2D30 #603623 #BA9478
  • Nature Morte à l'Assiette Bleue (1922): #676559 #382A1C #191816 #9F9A8C #4C2F16 #624422
  • Nature Morte Avec Cruche en Terre Cuite (1923): #68573D #D6D8D4 #3D3324 #737471 #131112 #A4A59D
  • Misia Alla Toeletta, Parigi 1898 (Orsay) (1898): #5F3A18 #84592B #AB7C43 #94A9B3 #140B04 #3C230E
  • Paesaggio con le Montagne del Jura, Presso Romanel (1900): #F8D890 #738195 #B37D39 #673810 #2C3036 #506448
  • Félix Édouard Vallotton, Paesaggio a Vence (1924): #A38C65 #3C8075 #545958 #AFB8CA #CEB88E #E4D5BC
  • Portrait of Gabrielle Vallotton (1905): #655442 #A69D8B #6D3B2F #896E54 #92442D #492A23
  • The White and the Black (1913): #3C856F #C8C6C1 #AC9278 #3D687B #624435 #42362F
  • La Valse (1893): #8B7652 #9D7D41 #937127 #6B573F #443424 #E0E0DE
  • Le Toast (Valloton) (2019): #B4AFA0 #272525 #4C4F47 #7F7E70 #604F40 #856044
  • Henriette Bernheim, Stepmother of the Artist (1902): #9E896A #160D08 #62594D #3D1C11 #D4BA9A #69422B
  • Painting of Coucher du Soleil (XIX): #615F48 #C6A039 #1C1A15 #8B693B #413F2F #A68B3C
  • Still Life with Flowers (1925): #795F4A #241C18 #AF9483 #584234 #7D160B #62100A
  • Self-Portrait. (<a h): #715D2C #3A3426 #1A1916 #DF9147 #AD702E #584624
  • Paysage Composé, Sous-Bois (1918): #46504D #AEB0B0 #67504D #272C37 #575D3D #A37B2B
  • A Berlioz, e 79-0475: #C0AA81 #070707 #877A5E #58513E #222019 #393429
  • Autoportrait (1905): #58775D #1F2C4D #090E32 #141C3F #31405F #C0998D
  • High Mountains, Glaciers and Snowy Peaks (1919): #8491AA #C5CAD4 #494152 #A9B3C5 #513F28 #99805A
  • Nature Morte Fruits and Vegetables (1914): #CED3CB #573F23 #71603E #4D3E38 #7F4F23 #94927F
  • Roses and Dahlias (1912): #9B9468 #A86450 #803120 #403A1E #79754C #5A2113
  • Vieille Rue de Cagnes, Soleil Couchant (1920): #394039 #616562 #543721 #767563 #232420 #958342
  • The Mistress and the Servant (1896): #344135 #695A3F #DDB554 #EFA857 #F0D755 #977947
  • Misia at Her Dressing Table (1898): #39191B #638EE8 #F9F4D7 #9B8E98 #AA665C #C5BEB6

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