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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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Filippo Lippi

Lippi softened sacred painting with warm humanity. His palette of soft pinks, pale blues, and golden light influenced Botticelli and anticipated the High Renaissance.

Palette: #563C24 #866545 #AB7745 #B09774 #A24627 #743219 #DAA461 #0D0A0B

  • Madonna and Child (ca. 1446-1447 (Renaissance)): #352A1C #B6A373 #C9A54B #9E8248 #A47823 #7E632E
  • The Adoration of the Child (c. 1475/1480): #48472E #DFCBAA #C3A86E #797850 #984B17 #B3291D
  • Virgin and Child with Angels (ca. 1916): #3A2509 #112E35 #84562D #221D09 #56401A #AA8760
  • Pair of Panels from a Triptych: the Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot (1964): #4C2F12 #1C1609 #715232 #8D432A #737675 #A29384
  • Panel from a Triptych: the Archangel Michael (1964): #4A2D10 #ACACAB #1B1407 #747675 #5E3F21 #796242
  • Panel from a Triptych: St. Anthony Abbot (1964): #533417 #AEAEAE #787876 #904026 #3E2713 #80655E
  • Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement (ca. 1440): #634629 #47301B #352119 #4D2019 #1B1813 #A1774F
  • Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors (1440s): #BB8E3D #554521 #2C2917 #8A3F35 #946A2F #942A12
  • Nativity Painting by Fra: #9A7665 #724F44 #CCA791 #47221E #5B3930 #E9C4A9
  • Saints Augustine and Francis, a Bishop Saint, and Saint Benedict (1452): #745949 #46433E #5D4334 #626059 #9C816C #906449
  • Augustine and Ambrose, Doctors of the Church (1440): #2E2D1F #C4894D #A9945C #4C4E3A #8E693F #F65C3C
  • Gregory and Jerome, Doctors of the Church (1440): #56594A #323B34 #E9A759 #A88B59 #E9C47D #C87A3E
  • The Meeting at the Golden Gate (1440): #82797F #A98D6C #8B5E3C #5E4D3A #B1ADA7 #E0C490
  • Marsuppini Coronation (1444): #755037 #CE9759 #683220 #A0653E #442C22 #9A7857
  • Coronation of the Virgin (1441): #B79A8B #6D4B38 #4F3322 #906649 #B1804F #E1B060
  • Madonna with Child and Angels and Saints (1430): #B9A06E #826D42 #8D8F72 #D6D4CC #656A54 #A67548
  • Virgin and Child with Saints, Angels, and a Donor (1432): #DDB699 #62482C #8E6C4D #C07451 #3A2917 #0C0C0C
  • Madonna with Child (1436): #A08A78 #7C5F53 #757E94 #443B3F #60443F #101320
  • Madonna and Child (1450): #B08555 #D1A86D #D9C4AB #785844 #1D1A26 #94663B
  • Madonna and Child 1440s (1440): #362617 #826335 #A2642C #5B432A #5E3E15 #1F262A
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels (1440): #140F12 #BB9D72 #381F16 #886D4E #56412E #2E2B1C
  • Madonna del Ceppo (1452): #5F400C #A2822E #9F5909 #D7860E #7B601E #AF4105
  • Madonna of the Belt (1456): #16100C #DCA976 #F1E1C7 #BA6E47 #C1503E #694230
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned (1437): #5B3823 #3E1B11 #11070A #2C130E #835F39 #1C120A
  • Madonna of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (1466): #171E17 #3F4C43 #A1ABA7 #A7703C #A0875C #E0DBCB
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (1430): #4E3026 #704B37 #231414 #BD8F6A #8B654B #83312B
  • Barbadori Altarpiece and Predella (1437): #3F3B31 #706A5D #AA9B82 #5C442D #10100E #A07552
  • Saint Zeno Exorcising the Daughter of Gallienus (1457): #605F4F #9E7F5B #785A33 #262516 #49351A #653F20
  • Beheading of Saint James the Great: Predella Panel (1457): #735D2D #AC9664 #4F3912 #372507 #29210E #6C2B1A
  • Predella of the Barbadori Altarpiece (1438): #402C1B #B35D1D #693B1F #883811 #E89525 #985D30
  • Virgin and Child with Angels (1916): #C1AC75 #7F8275 #7D6A38 #1C1606 #D9CEAB #50492A
  • St Fredianus Diverts the River Serchio (1438): #593F1C #402A13 #8B4B1E #A84920 #846035 #D47540
  • Announcement of the Death of the Virgin (1438): #6E483B #B18264 #1E1716 #34221F #9B5641 #4E362F
  • Vision of St Augustine (1438): #D99F72 #7D5440 #1E1313 #B77556 #573428 #EBC4A0
  • Herod's Banquet (1457): #6A5745 #C9B9A3 #A48B6F #43362B #8A745E #302117
  • The Enthroned St. Francis Presents the Rule of the Order to St. Clare (1467): #432E07 #6D4B0C #B1872F #2C1E04 #594315 #996013
  • Female Saint with a Flail (Saint Walburga?) (ca. 1947): #594733 #78301C #412B1E #602D1C #916B4A #5F3B23
  • Saint Peter (ca. 1947): #493929 #643E22 #896442 #2C261C #61503E #422D19
  • Saint James the Less (ca. 1947): #252119 #5C4B39 #8C6546 #6C4328 #3C2E1F #4D321E
  • Saint Dominic (ca. 1947): #22211D #544330 #7D633F #372E23 #AD8F5E #644A2A
  • Madonna and Child with Angels and St Fredianus and St Augustine (1437): #555247 #ABA285 #54492F #7B735D #3D4C80 #B88E5F
  • Adoration in the Forest (1459): #191713 #3C2F1C #997745 #4B5459 #56482D #6C7471
  • Annunciation (1450): #BF7832 #9C7542 #BFBCBF #685032 #C19C64 #120C0A
  • Annunciation with Two Kneeling Donors (1445): #9EA4AC #A1776A #C0694C #034F91 #955341 #DE7E44
  • Miracle of St. Ambrogio (1444): #A67248 #5D301C #CDB194 #AA522D #53352C #854C2B
  • Adoration of the Magi (1430): #060706 #A17B3A #D9AA71 #E1C0AD #6D4B19 #957A61
  • Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors (1453): #D5AC68 #151412 #AB4B33 #8B6C41 #716F6C #D1D0CD
  • Adoration of the Child with Ss. Joseph, Jerome, Hilarion, Magdalena and Angels (1455): #534637 #9A8869 #C25F2F #B17744 #0C0604 #383B41
  • Adoration of Camaldoli (1463): #623C21 #412318 #7C3A14 #BF8556 #836036 #521F09
  • Adoration of the Child with Saints (1455): #1F1711 #6B4F3B #CBA781 #3A3229 #44281B #B17151
  • The Annunciation (1438): #C8A690 #2F2324 #704F3B #9B7551 #9F999E #262D5C
  • The Annunciation with Saint Julian (1455): #211824 #BE9882 #C68B67 #67484E #8C494A #BE6D61
  • Martelli Annunciation (1445): #131412 #EFEBDF #4A433D #B6976D #AFA69E #7F7776
  • Christ on the Cross (1435): #1D2020 #795C3E #A88350 #423328 #825432 #E4B95E
  • Pala Degli Otto (1486): #615B4C #2C251F #96733C #1C2439 #D5A761 #B2A480
  • Madonna and Child with Saints Francis, Damian, Cosmas and Anthony of Padua (1445): #44423A #897043 #D06A28 #909190 #AE9A6E #D9A870
  • Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement (1440): #49331C #441E18 #684C2C #1D1913 #332217 #98744E
  • Portrait of a Lady (ca. 1700): #A68D79 #624942 #6F8065 #4B584B #353E36 #61707B
  • Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidius (1445): #D75930 #E6836C #93854B #6C6D49 #8A8E79 #AC581E
  • Seven Saints (1449): #BAA378 #593E25 #B19042 #79562D #9C4843 #A9775C
  • The Annunciation, Saints Anthony Abate, John the Baptist (1452): #343735 #60553F #555D52 #C2824F #887551 #E59F5A
  • The Virgin and Child (1455): #7D6136 #1C1C16 #A28566 #503B28 #58574B #312316
  • Saint Mamas in Prison Thrown to the Lions (1457): #3E3628 #1B120A #9C583E #453115 #2A1E0C #75694E
  • Saint Jerome and the Lion: Predella Panel (1457): #7B6E4A #ADA176 #211C0E #4C4834 #4B3C1B #613E30

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