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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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Ford Madox Brown

Brown painted Victorian life with Pre-Raphaelite intensity. His palette of earth tones, bright costume colors, and golden sunlight bridges realism and idealism.

Palette: #774B2B #452B19 #B3936D #5F2915 #B7803D #926842 #9A521E #8C2A1C

  • Cordelia Parting from Her Sisters (1854): #241B15 #584A31 #591F13 #3C2A1B #3E1E13 #84724D
  • Gouverneur Kemble (1853): #1C1A15 #3C2A1A #50361A #C69852 #99511B #ECD298
  • Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet (1852): #362A26 #634634 #4A4636 #827257 #25211F
  • Chaucer at the Court of Edward III (1856-68): #DCC7A3 #AC7D42 #0C0907 #953F23 #C07116 #5E3930
  • The Last of England (1864): #BC986E #4B3029 #835135 #8D725B #E5C290 #3A2F2E
  • Lear and Cordelia (1849-54): #523121 #341D18 #754C2A #9E7238 #1F1212 #6A2E25
  • Mauvais Sujet (1863): #899489 #161B22 #86685B #3E4A49 #C58570 #667064
  • King René‘s Honeymoon (1864): #E3DAC8 #C0AE95 #883D2C #674F3D #A2876A #5E5754
  • The Brent at Hendon (1854): #30251B #463322 #A28A68 #574734 #64462C #766249
  • Study for the Dean in the ‘Execution of Mary Queen of Scots (ca. 1840): #1D0D11 #AD842D #381F11 #805711 #492911 #2E1B17
  • Take Your Son, Sir (1851-92): #D0C8B2 #918471 #554F39 #73634F #494135 #B1A898
  • The Coat of Many Colours (1867): #A35F39 #EBC5B0 #84523E #C49476 #E8BA77 #603029
  • Stages of Cruelty (ca. 1856): #6C6137 #586F66 #433D1E #C5BF9D #97885F #354443
  • Carrying Corn (1854): #A7ADC7 #3D493E #5D5746 #7C7761 #5A6F40 #BF974C
  • Portrait of Dykes Barry as a Child (1853): #767C9B #CFAE77 #322D2E #7D5633 #9B7851 #664535
  • Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet (1857): #9C793F #725422 #846242 #2D2B20 #5E452B #734124
  • Platt Lane (1884): #6F5044 #8D7260 #4C3636 #6B3B33 #32292B #BAA99E
  • The Hayfield (1855): #5A848C #504E1D #5B452A #40351F #353226 #836847
  • Chaucer at the Court of Edward III (1847-51): #533218 #160C04 #835A32 #6E5E4C #9A9689 #62320F
  • Cordelia's Portion (1866): #B3996C #7F623C #3B2C1B #863320 #622316 #481B0F
  • Elijah and the Widow's Son (23 F): #C8C4A7 #50503F #756849 #593C23 #7A3F21 #AEA27A
  • Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1840): #242024 #4A3128 #181620 #704832 #C78E5C #46443C
  • Ford.madox.brown.last.watercolour.tate (1864): #B3916B #472923 #7A462E #DBB581 #423533 #674A3A
  • The Last of England (1855): #553C30 #784F39 #B6A799 #BD7953 #96856E #6F5F4A
  • Chaucer at the Court of Edward III: #382C1B #726C54 #523217 #6F4824 #996938 #EEDDAC
  • Elijah and the Widow's Son (1864): #7A4B36 #DABB91 #52231E #84451E #AC6D16 #AF8C70
  • Lucy Madox Brown (1844): #27201D #705941 #AE977B #1D2A29 #E3CFA4 #46372B
  • Madeline Scott (1883): #41312C #866040 #5F3F30 #272426 #CB9E80 #745E4E
  • Pretty Baa-Lambs (1851): #4C6491 #646E7D #486B31 #42453C #D4C9BB #B49972
  • Self-Portrait (ca. 1844): #50402E #30231A #1B1511 #DCAF8D #BD8D68 #976C4A
  • The Coat of Many Colours: #6B4214 #0D0606 #5B5140 #AE7C3E #D5A253 #866738
  • The Irish Girl (1860): #1E1615 #60261E #832422 #B98672 #431C18 #321D1B
  • Waiting: an English Fireside Of (1854-55): #0C0A07 #53432A #977D59 #251B12 #673614 #352A1B
  • The Pretty Baa-Lambs (1852): #657080 #48618F #496B31 #3B3D37 #D8CBB7 #294B1E
  • Bei der Kornernte (1854): #B0CBDD #86A6C7 #444A46 #797249 #5B533D #9C9766
  • Die Heuernte (1855): #4B5452 #1E1611 #2E2A1E #432817 #7A5633 #623E22
  • Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet (1852): #89502E #6D5D37 #553224 #2C231B #141210 #AE6E36
  • The Bromley Family (5 Fe): #22221D #676967 #3C382D #BE8668 #86634B #E3B694
  • Carrying Corn (1854): #B2CDDE #89A9C9 #4B5149 #898253 #2D2628 #675E3C
  • Chaucer at the Court of Edward III (1862): #77552D #C0AF88 #3E2214 #9E692C #AD8F58 #633416
  • The Hayfield (1855): #3D5B72 #433224 #2F2E20 #3C3F1F #1C1D19 #251C0E
  • The Coat of Many Colours (1864): #724C1E #C5924C #0C0403 #4F2609 #9A7E55 #53381D
  • Waiting: an English Fireside Of (1851): #090705 #443722 #1E150D #856F4D #B8A37F #623313
  • Cordelia's Portion (1871): #BAA686 #533523 #9B7C4E #715941 #785625 #904C2D
  • William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) by Lamplight (1856): #9D9597 #03020A #945C2F #776B63 #1C0E0F #493F40
  • Work (1863): #38332C #8B6545 #5B3D2C #C09F7B #715F51 #AA7945
  • Finding of Don Juan by Haidee (1873): #3F2117 #A1826A #775229 #593011 #251312 #0E090F
  • Wycliffe on His Trial (1892): #E1D2A3 #72533A #A68462 #C8B082 #B7922E #463425
  • The English Boy (1860): #313223 #59462B #C09E88 #8A674C #26231B #BF7F69
  • King René's Honeymoon: Architecture (1864): #CAC0A8 #AA936C #957346 #6E1F11 #352312 #6A4C2C
  • Saint Oswald Receiving Saint Aidan (Saint Oswald Sending Missionaries Into Scotland) (1821-93): #897E70 #E6E7E5 #B5AC9F #892428 #B25059 #683832
  • Byron's Dream (1874): #7C5E25 #695432 #B6AC95 #802618 #473622 #1B1D19
  • Cromwell and the Vaudois (Cromwell, Protector of the Protestants of the Vaudois) (1878): #C0A570 #864C15 #AF7222 #0D0202 #68290D #490C06
  • The Baptism of Saint Edwin (1879): #D3BF89 #CC913E #E2B768 #A37A4B #F7F2CF #E9AF3A
  • Crabtree Watching the Transit of Venus (1884): #724C28 #97744C #513622 #BD9D76 #8F5829 #4D270D
  • Madeline Scott (1883): #26160E #160F0A #3C2214 #58321A #6D3C1A #97512B
  • Wycliffe on Trial (1885): #8B6946 #B29473 #674A2F #74401B #482D1C #D6C1A9
  • Lady Rivers and Her Children (1888): #A19578 #141718 #5D3815 #2B2923 #43220A #462E1B
  • The Establishment of the Flemish Weavers in Manchester (1888): #B19D7C #8C795E #977C4D #605434 #73502D #503122
  • Death of Sir Tristram (1864): #C4B5A5 #815843 #481E14 #2A3546 #B9292D #460604
  • Walton on the Naze (1860): #9D9DB6 #100A06 #6B4F32 #413F13 #7C717F #7479A0
  • An English Autumn Afternoon (1854): #1E160E #E5DBC1 #2C2716 #614A20 #C7C6C2 #433517
  • Pretty Baa-Lambs (1855): #48618F #626B78 #456730 #3D4544 #627797 #DDD3C5
  • Portrait of a Boy (1840): #241F18 #4E3D28 #3F2A19 #B99A73 #826642 #7E4321
  • The Last of England (1865): #B8946D #472822 #875436 #3A2D2B #684F40 #E1D2BD
  • La Rose de l'Infante (Effie Stillman) (1876): #A17C4A #402B1A #231D14 #704626 #CFAF86 #54331D
  • Self-Portrait (1877): #1A110F #A6560B #855127 #883E10 #461D14 #5E1F0F
  • The Romans Building a Fort at Mancenion (1884): #CAD5DA #BB5B4C #A05422 #8D6141 #AB7747 #411310
  • The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating His Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave (1858): #816D59 #B18D70 #57483A #474C47 #754A3E #928F7F
  • Mercy (1856): #AC784F #875A3D #694532 #4D3329 #332019 #8C502B
  • Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1840): #201D23 #362A27 #4F352A #6A4431 #C0895A #8E6446
  • Dr. Primrose: #312C30 #534C48 #AEB9C2 #614239 #797468 #A8947B
  • The Dream of Sardanapalus (1871): #AD7829 #D9A954 #753B0B #8E520F #523010 #83651E
  • John Wycliffe Reading His Translation of the Bible to John of Gaunt: #9A6A3B #674632 #D5B177 #CA934F #C36B3B #D5CEBD
  • Self-Portrait (1844): #51402E #36281D #241B14 #DAAC8A #140F0C #AF815B
  • Chaucer at the Court of Edward III (1854): #CCBB9D #9E8A6C #755C3F #615D5A #46362C #6B3F29
  • Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois (1877): #241511 #43281A #32241E #97825C #6B5644 #573820
  • Cromwell on His Farm (1874): #C5B7A2 #684A20 #8E744A #220603 #0C0202 #4A341C
  • Manfred on the Jungfrau (1842): #C5B8A6 #9DA1C4 #D2D1D7 #55442C #F1E3C1 #8D7D67
  • Take Your Son, Sir! (1851): #EEDCD5 #AD8A7A #4D483A #C9B1AB #30322C #7D675C
  • Crabtree Watching the Transit of Venus A.d. (1903): #897553 #BFA273 #93673D #524C46 #614E39 #694323
  • Haydee Discovering the Body of Don Juan (1873): #D7B28E #774F2E #A2744C #381D0F #BB916C #532C13
  • Stages of Cruelty (1890): #474531 #7A6953 #2D2B22 #B9A994 #65615F #5D3F2D
  • Romeo and Juliet (1870): #725712 #0C070A #A19B99 #760D08 #A4771E #AE8550
  • Chaucer at the Court of Edward III (1850): #6E6952 #785027 #4D361E #EDDCAB #3E1D0C #593114
  • The Irish Girl (1860): #1C1614 #832624 #60261D #461F1B #B78571 #2E1C19
  • Henry Fawcett; Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (Née Garrett) (1872): #100A0E #2B1915 #A5846F #18151E #462920 #CFB5A1
  • Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet (1854): #34281C #16110E #7B6B44 #543224 #85512F #AA6C36
  • The Brent at Hendon (1854): #35291D #57432E #A38C69 #624328 #20190F #7A6549
  • Lear and Cordelia (1851): #523122 #331C16 #672C20 #81522B #1F1111 #A3793C
  • Study for 'the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1821-93): #28241D #2C2311 #3C2A0D #9D7B44 #552F05 #724C1C
  • Frederick Henry Snow Pendleton (1837): #19202C #372928 #A6844F #333239 #7C714B #52453A
  • The Vicar of Wakefield: Dr Primrose and His Daughters (1840): #292918 #726B46 #C7D0BB #51482E #805736 #B59867
  • Study for the Head of Chaucer (1849): #81877E #131216 #C19489 #67614C #4E5F58 #5A2023
  • The Prisoner of Chillon (1843): #14160E #2A1D0C #7F4917 #5F3411 #45280E #A8671E
  • The Bromley Family (1844): #2B2E1F #7C7D6E #19211B #432F19 #C8AB85 #4E4A30
  • Millie Smith (1846): #626854 #434534 #221D18 #B4AD95 #7E4639 #342F22
  • Study for 'Courtier in Yellow Hood' (Sir John Froissart) (1847): #A47734 #363111 #755221 #232210 #8B5612 #422808
  • Two Studies of a Little Girl's Head (1847): #22211A #E0CC99 #B2915A #3F3629 #86673B #A49973
  • William Shakespeare (C.1564-1616) (1849): #1E1E1C #30221C #482F23 #957342 #BEA678 #704C2E
  • View from Shorn Ridgway, Kent (1849): #CFC3BE #B8A26E #67612F #776E53 #A99B85 #231D10
  • The Pretty Baa-Lambs (1852): #4B6590 #646D7B #46682F #D5CCC1 #BA9F79 #234519
  • The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures (1889): #C7B992 #AD956A #8C7753 #6D573D #894C31 #5C4028
  • The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry (1849): #B39C53 #1A1411 #5A5231 #8C702B #68521B #C1B987
  • Wilhelmus Conquistador (the Body of Harold) (1852): #403A2A #605033 #8C7448 #827961 #292C20 #AD986E
  • Out of Town (1850): #CAB7A5 #20292B #343732 #9F8B70 #4D473B #724D3A
  • Manfred in the Chamois Hunter's Hut (1850): #0B0908 #44291B #6A421E #A89778 #26110D #66523D
  • Studies of Hawthorn Berries and Leaves (1875): #4F4630 #9B7546 #E5A965 #7A4E27 #63482A #C07637
  • The Traveller (1876): #533D2B #7A5936 #AE824C #322C24 #C09B6D #8D6332
  • Portrait of Armand Lateur (1838): #231D19 #362417 #543220 #16120D #BA8B62 #92653E
  • Portrait of a Friend of the Artist: #252930 #413932 #956C49 #6A6048 #282826 #C09667
  • Brent at Hendon: #33271D #493523 #A38A68 #6A5740 #624127 #23170A
  • The Baptism of Edwin: #A99877 #A88348 #4F4637 #866A49 #62452B #322419

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