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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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Franz Marc

Marc assigned spiritual meaning to color: blue was male and spiritual, yellow was female and joyful, red was matter and brutal.

Palette: #A24D3C #D0BA86 #C9AA5A #8C894A #B07155 #BD8932 #C74021 #832C1C

  • Deer in the Forest II (1914): #6C7D68 #BD5A3B #A59E69 #59517E #C38948 #D0AE5A
  • Small Fabulous Beast II (1912): #CBAD89 #917D64 #C4926A #292622 #453A2F #747579
  • Dog Lying in the Snow (1911): #C9D2C7 #CBD1A5 #CDCE7C #9AAF74 #4F835B #C0BF40
  • Mountains (1911): #D3CAC5 #1D1828 #AE9A9B #36483B #5D5C67 #586344
  • Animals in a Landscape (1914): #C13813 #A1560F #8F8229 #415B1A #D6670B #882711
  • Deer at Dusk (1909): #A18050 #76572F #C5B189 #BB8841 #553A18 #EBE6C1
  • Little Oak Tree (1909): #A7AF77 #81A57E #628F7E #6D9558 #9FB1BC #C2C8C1
  • Portrait of Henri Rousseau (1911): #685F61 #1A2129 #42444D #041114 #9C8C8A #8A4233
  • Mandrill (1913): #C5B698 #407C75 #7FA08F #968973 #BF9977 #616F61
  • Cats on a Red Cloth (1909): #CAAE61 #9C8748 #7F220D #915626 #C2B57F #EDDD99
  • The White Cat (1912): #C9B9AB #9C8880 #C2B166 #4F3D38 #A64D47 #705E58
  • Girl with Cat II (1912): #312623 #393644 #3C4D39 #E5F4D6 #814E33 #7A2E25
  • Two Cats, Blue and Yellow (1912): #384C58 #816961 #587582 #B99B4E #59694B #963226
  • Three Cats (1913): #45736C #313539 #B55C57 #C74229 #A99681 #CBA846
  • Grazing Horses IV (1911): #CF682F #B8695B #A5982B #DA8508 #F0F1E7 #E2B014
  • The Wolves (Balkan War) (1913): #212222 #806960 #1D3939 #4D3530 #3B3A3D #4E4E49
  • Dream II (1913): #546463 #484D5F #7A8091 #855F73 #868056 #5D4E50
  • Horse in a Landscape (1910): #FBE213 #F8C610 #508E31 #C63D15 #F9B012 #E3493B
  • Lying Bull (1913): #45456E #39363A #EBD8B7 #AB5649 #8C7955 #6C433E
  • Horses and Eagle (1912): #414B4B #376767 #A38994 #457F72 #A65D50 #C7BB7E
  • Nudes on Cinnabar (1910): #EADC7E #F4EAAE #EAE1C6 #C04739 #DCAF5D #C78037
  • The Tower of Blue Horses (1913): #DDCEA9 #505D93 #B7B6AD #788298 #B99A78 #F2D27C
  • Yellow Cow (1911): #B89406 #9A310B #3D4814 #9E4C13 #9C7107 #805F0B
  • Tiger (1912): #2B2722 #3B3F5D #437A57 #AA971E #90822F #763E34
  • The Fate of the Animals (1913): #3E2F2B #231918 #664D41 #4E2521 #C04E46 #983E39
  • The Dream (1912): #DA8F32 #C87B82 #C49E3C #B07E39 #B92E29 #4D4875
  • Young Boy with a Lamb; the Good Shepherd (1911): #223137 #A0583D #824B5B #92976E #2D464D #3A252D
  • Deer in Flower Garden (1913): #342F30 #52666D #364153 #9BA6A3 #C6AE7D #9C9672
  • Horses in the Meadow (1910): #9BB39F #C4B9A5 #72A2A9 #6D927A #38659B #50785D
  • The Dead Sparrow (1905): #F5E9BE #37302D #553B38 #DDB27E #A26F55 #775044
  • The Foxes (1913): #524A45 #B14B38 #79453A #262729 #904031 #817B6E
  • Mountain Goats (1913): #BEB83F #B73A27 #E3DED2 #B5B065 #D1D37D #111417
  • The Blue Foals (1913): #164B69 #216889 #52768C #AD754C #B34332 #904A3B
  • Gazelles (1913): #4C4540 #6E5548 #778250 #B39E49 #8C5D47 #62647E
  • Red Deer and Yellow Antelope (1913): #43413E #E8C8AE #776C65 #684D3F #AF6A4B #D4AD88

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