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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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Frédéric Bazille

Bazille painted sun-drenched figures with bold clarity before his death at 28. His palette of warm Mediterranean light — golden flesh, deep green shadow, azure sky — anticipated Impressionist plein-air color.

Palette: #6B563B #998B73 #A9835E #DCBB86 #0E0B0A #733E25 #974F31 #C89857

  • Edouard Blau (1869): #211D1A #0F0C0A #082915 #AC856B #8A5E3F #05160A
  • Portrait of Renoir (1867): #2E2A26 #493E2B #1A1715 #633F2E #6B5C48 #8C6A50
  • Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes (1867): #5A533E #424E2D #A4B09E #7B6D4C #39352B #C6C19C
  • Flowers (1868): #3F3724 #7F6A4A #AF9263 #5D5035 #140E0A #926232
  • The Artist's Studio, Rue Visconti Paris (1867): #796A3C #3A3729 #090A0C #998148 #5D4925 #AB9E73
  • Jeune Homme Nu Couché sur L'Herbe (1870): #604C33 #BB9877 #807C76 #907454 #A87450 #413421
  • Fleurs: #58574B #918D7A #3C3C33 #C6BBA7 #292A23 #614441
  • Fleurs (1869): #DAB189 #2C2113 #483E2D #746853 #FCF5EB #AF815B
  • Rita the Dog Sleeping (1864): #140E15 #BE8D5F #342429 #744336 #935D44 #563633
  • Petite Italienne Chanteuse des Rues (1866): #3C3B40 #736555 #626469 #E3C8AC #BF936D #97816A
  • Étude de Saint-Sauveur (1863): #5D6032 #D2D5B4 #A9BDB2 #3F3625 #1D1611 #859F9B
  • Le Petit Jardinier: #84A5C6 #616E40 #6E7266 #CCC2C1 #3B4928 #384F40
  • Auto Portrait Mineapolis: #8A5B4A #603A31 #291E1D #43302E #5A443D #C6714B
  • Edouard Blau (1866): #262320 #161512 #1B2B1C #86674D #B1927A #423327
  • Fleurs, Par (1868): #7D7B74 #43504C #233728 #3D472F #61624B #301803
  • Still Life with Fish (1866): #080505 #AC7C32 #E2DACE #583C1E #3B2715 #765B3D
  • Landscape at Chailly (1865): #0D0C0C #8EBBE0 #23251C #AEB9B3 #583C24 #724E2E
  • L'Atelier de Bazille (1870): #7D8087 #404549 #1E2224 #9CA4B8 #595F65 #786349
  • Grappes de Raisin dans Un Sceau (1869): #B2ACA7 #774433 #4E596F #2F2623 #876D5D #998E7E
  • Jeune Fille au Pianö: #1E1A16 #352214 #58452C #B6A683 #715F41 #533115
  • Mélopée (1870): #A53E2D #412615 #BCA890 #684529 #B73B1C #E1D6C8
  • Still Life with Fish (1866): #050702 #524F29 #D2CBCF #97781B #292813 #A49D88
  • Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1867): #18170E #6A7361 #929584 #715E3C #322C1B #50442B
  • La Robe Rose (1864): #654833 #BFB0A0 #C0977F #382826 #94714E #D8A878
  • Das Familientreffen (1867): #5D5A30 #A89760 #B8C8D1 #72889F #8B9175 #7A7F4A
  • Riunione di Famiglia (1867-69): #4D5345 #83745E #6B4C30 #A3A18F #95704A #D3F0F0
  • Riunione di Famiglia (1867-69): #C3C3C3 #856A57 #281E17 #BFAD9B #423D32 #676351
  • Portrait de Bazille (1864): #201A1A #CA9D47 #4E442F #AB813A #B6AB89 #7B6E45
  • Landscape at Chailly (1865): #0C0C0C #98C2E0 #21231B #A9B4B0 #5E4026 #7AADE0
  • Porträt des Edmond Maître (1869): #1F1719 #29262D #735B49 #4E413C #512D25 #AC8363
  • Réunion de Famille (1867): #8B7B68 #2D2E24 #C3B49B #484F41 #656E67 #12110C
  • View of the Village (1868): #5C6961 #3A5154 #94A9B7 #DFC8B6 #8C8C88 #ECC87C
  • Studio in the Rue de Furstemberg (1865): #D1A376 #896A57 #60514C #3E313D #683F44 #C27653
  • The Pink Dress (1864): #C1977F #715137 #BDB0A0 #392927 #9A7450 #513829
  • La Toilette (1870): #C4BCB4 #4C474A #6F5043 #2D282B #91857A #864F3E
  • Summer Scene (1869): #1F2220 #344025 #957861 #5D6558 #694A32 #8AB3EB
  • Auguste Renoir (1867): #18170E #8B8F7E #74603E #67715F #352E1C #524E39
  • L'Ambulance Improvisée (1865): #898571 #1B1815 #635946 #B8B8AA #663B1D #453D31
  • Bazille's Studio (1870): #8A8E98 #484D51 #1B2021 #676C73 #9E896B #685440
  • Black Woman with Peonies (1870): #2F2B25 #1A1818 #4E4B3A #BAB09E #6E685A #90897B
  • Fisherman with a Net (1868): #4B553F #24211C #A08C61 #B1AA86 #6A4033 #CBD1D8
  • La Tireuse de Cartes (1869): #813C11 #4C4A4E #170704 #602C0E #EFE9E3 #787171
  • Fontainebleau Forest (1865): #25291B #E1DDD7 #8E6637 #C59F66 #474128 #5B3718
  • The Artist’s Studio, Rue Visconti, Paris (1867): #73663C #8B733B #3C392B #0A0809 #1C1E1B #B2A172
  • The Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes (1867): #8EADCA #8D9682 #C8B081 #738484 #8E8457 #A9B1AF
  • Young Woman with Peonies (1870): #3B3C37 #A1A296 #66675D #1F1E1D #382723 #848379
  • The Little Gardener (1866): #5D5619 #7EA6AE #332F13 #605433 #1E1C0C #D2B98B
  • Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (1859): #171410 #BBA169 #8B6F3C #473C25 #2A2317 #746856
  • Portrait of an Unknown Sitter as a Troubadour (1875): #0F0E0D #22130C #9E7858 #322217 #7A5838 #BC9F83
  • Study of Trees (1863): #D2BF87 #61483C #886E52 #3E2D2D #BBB591 #27191D
  • White Horse Inn (1863): #DBD1C4 #C9AE98 #AC8A76 #70574B #98654D #2C2726
  • In the Garden (1864): #181715 #4A4530 #CBA56D #997E53 #2D2B1E #6D6949
  • Rita the Dog Sleeping (1864): #110C13 #261B22 #BD8D62 #432F32 #68463C #8D5E47
  • Reclining Nude (1864): #272325 #3D3632 #D2AF94 #A97457 #4D2224 #7B6A5D
  • Soup Bowl Covers (1864): #6F4336 #C9A589 #330E0C #4C1D14 #150D12 #AD7B5B
  • Nude Woman from the Back (1864): #2A191B #412E2D #947F64 #6F5645 #573A34 #D7AA7E
  • Chailly (1865): #D4CDC5 #BD985E #7A5F32 #976D2C #61492A #A4B1C0
  • Landscape of Aigues-Mortes (1867): #B5C9D7 #816F38 #574419 #DDCEC0 #AB9765 #6C4E36
  • Woman in Moorish Costume (1869): #81807A #625D51 #433F37 #D3C1AD #AD9381 #906A58
  • Étude pour Une Vendange (1868): #BFCDC0 #3B4D34 #74755F #899151 #686B3D #CE8C58
  • Petite Italienne Chanteuse des Rues (1866): #504641 #2E2522 #7B5E49 #847475 #ADA2B3 #4D352A
  • Fleurs (1869): #504E44 #94907D #D4CCB8 #33332A #696957 #7F4E4C
  • Deux Harengs: #776649 #E6C176 #C39950 #554129 #332414 #FCE7A6
  • Rue de Village, Chailly (1865): #D6D6CB #D6AA62 #937450 #B48342 #905D28 #5A482B
  • La Macreuse (1864): #E4CC9D #534126 #726247 #988767 #CEC5AA #BDA277
  • Portrait de M. Alphonse Tissié en Cuirassier (1869): #686559 #1F1C18 #3A2D20 #8B6249 #A64531 #4B4338
  • Saint-Sauveur: #7B9FA4 #B0BDB5 #716C1C #372A11 #52471D #251809
  • Selbstporträt (1870): #211B17 #44362A #0C0D0E #A56029 #C17B34 #B89B66

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