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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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František Kupka

František Kupka was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering Orphism.

Palette: #BEA689 #604F41 #91745A #4C3223 #7F9DA3 #9E492E #EDC446 #B07B39

  • Cesta Ticha (Sfingy) Cze Ng.o 17429 (1903): #11151D #534321 #2E271A #161513 #869278 #0D1F31
  • Cuadro De (1913): #1E1C1D #7898E1 #35407E #495A9F #4C66D2 #A7BFDF
  • Fk Planesbycolors (2011): #DAD4C7 #98A7B1 #CFAA70 #AD7882 #859762 #697086
  • Frantisek Kupka, Attorno a Un Punto, 1925 Ca (ca. 1925): #BFAD9A #090708 #7A7270 #E8D1BC #141323 #422F23
  • Frantisek Kupka, Crystal, Puteaux, Francia (1919-20): #DEC680 #11100E #BAA563 #652C10 #B57A2B #DFBD5C
  • Frantisek Kupka, Studio per la Lingua Delle Verticali (1911): #D4AE8F #B18069 #DC8272 #80513F #160C0A #291A15
  • ŽEna S Vyčesanými Vlasy (1897): #978E6D #5C685B #CCC09E #432E1D #AC835B #78816B
  • Babylon (1906): #88AA8D #5E9D90 #345748 #21352A #A3A374 #457963
  • Self Portrait (2023): #C0AD93 #5D5B57 #38322E #90765B #424346 #64503F
  • Signatura: #CCC8C4 #A7A4A1 #EDCAAD #B75218 #A1683C #87390E
  • Krajem Františka Kupky (František Kupka V Dobrušském Umění) (2025): #C0C5CD #858F9D #2653A9 #485364 #738DB5 #797565
  • The Yellow Scale (1907): #E6AE3E #FAE258 #A27B49 #DC980D #F8C721 #B78734
  • The Colored One: #A99279 #857057 #CBBAA2 #B0833F #271D1D #9C392F
  • Divertimento I (1935): #8B705A #5F5140 #13100D #691E18 #B3A392 #814E37
  • Red and Blue Disks: #BEA38B #947963 #2C3236 #9B3831 #646F61 #A5504A
  • Localization of Graphic Motifs II (1912): #B39075 #251E17 #866753 #543D30 #843740 #695C52
  • Disks of Newton (Study for Fugue in Two Colors) (1912): #9F6332 #595855 #784248 #A68663 #4A2428 #866F5A
  • Dynamic Disks (1933): #A48A6D #802620 #846951 #4B4F5A #171510 #574239
  • Complex: #B8967A #7C624E #322420 #4F3C42 #5C6C47 #1F1A16
  • Study for “Disks of Newton: #644C3C #4D2E1F #2F2318 #131419 #4D1A0E #37110B
  • Study for “Cosmic Spring: #745B49 #3B281C #613D28 #724D25 #472411 #21150D
  • Untitled Study: #725747 #231D1D #443428 #573422 #151420
  • Untitled (2): #634D3E #48271A #433227 #291D17 #0B0A09 #3C120C

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