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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.

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Frederic Leighton

Leighton merged classical form with Aesthetic color. His draperies flow in harmonies of amber, coral, and deep blue — beauty as the supreme subject.

Palette: #B89D76 #745E45 #A37949 #724B28 #0F0B0C #723817 #975125 #D2984E

  • And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were in It (1892): #735E40 #292328 #1A141C #3F312E #554336 #A29679
  • The Bath of Psyche (1890): #A39D91 #342428 #837663 #C8C6C0 #A68F61 #547184
  • Study for ‘the Discovery of Juliet Apparently Lifeless (ca. 1858): #2C1E1F #492F2D #4D1B24 #94887E #C9BCA4 #694939
  • Helios and Rhodes (date not known): #835C4F #886B6E #98643E #653C2B #2C2327 #543F41
  • Puerta de los Vientos, Near Ronda, Spain (ca. 1886): #BBB7BD #8B6E2F #A1A8BD #786B3E #607362 #3C5D53
  • Lieder Ohne Worte (1861): #D0B782 #16182E #D4C5B2 #B68710 #AD8B43 #333759
  • The Vestal: #A99B66 #86773E #0C0D06 #201C09 #6C581C #594917
  • Self-Portrait (1880): #D49063 #78323A #B56550 #A92718 #AB4033 #A96133
  • Elijah in the Wilderness ((187): #756043 #B6A796 #573A25 #3D1F15 #9A8668 #290D0C
  • Perseus and Andromeda (1891): #82695B #E6D2C0 #0B061B #B39B86 #C2B4B6 #08112B
  • Helen on the Walls of Troy (1865): #9B613C #C9853E #7A5E43 #C0AD8F #110D16 #34120D
  • Mrs. James Guthrie (1864): #171514 #332316 #2B2722 #4B2316 #251712 #46392B
  • Portrait of May Sartoris: #12151A #3A3A2A #978468 #5A4D3E #6B4C38 #3A281F
  • The Feigned Death of Juliet: #402820 #6E311D #6A4530 #0E0A0C #51281A #92451F
  • Based on Earlier Painting By (1909): #CCBA95 #75684B #A39371 #3F3827
  • Hamilton Men I Have Painted 108f Lord Leighton (1921): #C5AC91 #987F6A #685344 #3C2D28
  • The Painter's Honeymoon (1864): #130908 #28100B #352012 #463018 #5C4524 #775F3E
  • Cimabue's Madonna Carried in Procession: #171415 #8B766C #C8C0BF #584A43 #461914 #5D3423
  • Colour Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia (1884): #571F0C #B2703D #40160D #77360E #7F4D30 #9B5216
  • Cymon and Iphigenia (1884): #3A1C15 #562417 #D88548 #2B1914 #563B34 #7B1A0A
  • Lindos, Rhodes (1867): #C6B5A8 #85897D #4B4430 #706348 #8A795D #B39A75
  • Wedded (1882): #4A2808 #7A430C #3F1306 #5A2205 #F2D3A1 #653A0A
  • Winding the Skein: #DECBAE #9C8054 #7E6747 #8D5E19 #623E0F #5E0E02
  • Richard Francis Burton (Painting: #443428 #0D0303 #402812 #2B1A13 #361705 #1F0803
  • At a Reading Desk (1877): #100A0F #6F4532 #9B7A49 #48231F #EADBA2 #BAB489
  • Self Portrait (1882): #726145 #C9965B #223E25 #9B6A34 #4E391D #4F663F
  • Weaving the Wreath (1872): #D4C0A7 #1B1D17 #A28156 #3F413B #7C5934 #68695F
  • Greek Girls Playing Ball (1889): #D4BC9F #996442 #150B09 #31221E #6E4F3C #615E61
  • The Fisherman and the Syren (1858): #473422 #0D120E #B47E41 #7A7156 #2F362C #8C5F32
  • Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room (1886): #42281D #A36F35 #5A381F #7C4A1E #2F170C #5C473E
  • The Return of Persephone (1890): #4E2B18 #311E15 #743C18 #9B7153 #744C2E #BCA185
  • Venus Disrobing for the Bath (1867): #A99D7A #766845 #D2C297 #181A1A #4D4027 #2E291C
  • Nausicaa (1878): #0B0406 #C29065 #D8C0AE #785139 #4C3224 #9A745A
  • The Music Lesson (1877): #2B201C #D1BEAA #926B4B #9E8C78 #513B2E #698B8D
  • The Syracusan Bride Leading Wild Animals in Procession to the Temple of Diana. (1866): #874F31 #3E2722 #E9C89D #23130F #BF7C4D #D9A070
  • Psamathe (1880): #C8C0AB #4F6E69 #AF9B82 #965B38 #7B8D7C #917558
  • The Honourable Frederick Wellesley (1851): #211D1B #483224 #54251F #33221B #A49471 #C7B58D
  • Dr Septimus Leighton (1800-1892) (the Artist's Father) (1855): #0C0919 #281E23 #472423 #A57E47 #C4A263 #745331
  • Head of an Italian Male Model (1855): #1E1D17 #7C5E2C #57431D #B88C4B #3A3223 #423117
  • The Death of Brunelleschi (1852): #777150 #AA9E77 #B5C3B7 #141111 #464130 #2B261E
  • A Persian Pedlar (1852): #332F26 #211E19 #524735 #302815 #71522B #8C7957
  • Entrance to a House, Capri (1859): #C3AE92 #463620 #928267 #6E5E40 #221910 #10110D
  • Study of Male Figure, Half-Length (1860): #9E7431 #ABA27F #6F5123 #31291E #887A57 #D7CA93
  • A View in Italy with a Cornfield (1860): #76703E #AED3D9 #B4983F #6C684C #4C4C29 #A49765
  • Head of an Arab (1857): #221A0F #16140C #412912 #714D20 #A57030 #C89A56
  • Jezebel and Ahab (1863): #271711 #090D0B #572718 #915A2A #C2A678 #A77D43
  • Head of an Italian Man (1864): #453121 #201811 #2D2D21 #657893 #524E3E #B1B5B1
  • La Nanna, Pavonia (1859): #231C10 #0D0E0A #DEDCD7 #393323 #66604E #9F8F7E
  • A View in Spain (1866): #D1C1B8 #C39A42 #9A7226 #483117 #AA936E #603B12
  • Rustic Music (1861): #161B14 #D6B38E #B5885D #2A281D #875930 #806B4B
  • Roman Mother (1867): #343C1F #21241B #38301B #13140D #D3CA75 #1F2613
  • The Isle of Chios (1867): #B3A4A4 #344C69 #1F3755 #8F6D47 #8C7B83 #576A85
  • View on the Nile (1868): #C1A498 #C29A65 #A9773C #D8A154 #5E3E19 #412E11
  • Giovanni Cimabue (1240-1302) (Design for a Mosaic in the Victoria and Albert Museum) (1868): #A5711B #E1CA94 #D69D2D #CCA660 #BA8B43 #57330F
  • Nicola Pisano (C.1220/1225-C.1284) (Design for a Mosaic in the Victoria and Albert Museum) (1868): #CFA247 #A13418 #752C14 #1F1F17 #C3AB7E #AF7E1F
  • Pasture, Egypt (1868): #CFBEBE #A47B4B #745A23 #E7CCBF #5C3F17 #908333
  • Orpheus and Eurydice (1864): #050E09 #201F0F #BCB7A5 #4D3C17 #A29271 #766339
  • Head of an Elderly Arab (1870): #6E4118 #B18050 #2F1805 #4F270B #8B571C #1E1C11
  • Head of an Italian Girl (Profile) (1870): #725F40 #55413C #4C381F #745223 #211A16 #9F8964
  • Mother and Child (1865): #DECFA9 #2D2517 #191710 #B09B74 #90754F #4F3218
  • A Noble Lady of Venice (1866): #EDE7C1 #6E4621 #D7C490 #A78144 #1D2125 #B79B78
  • A Spanish View (1866): #CFB798 #6D5E40 #383928 #10160C #998368 #525349
  • Distant View of Mountains in the Aegean Sea (1867): #AA896D #726560 #8B6955 #5A4943
  • A Temple on the Nile (1868): #D1BDC5 #AE845D #E1AB8F #AD9595 #836244 #2E1D12
  • The Temple of Philae (1868): #BAAEAF #49342B #83654F #695651 #B08F71 #694930
  • Saint Jerome (1869): #4F2915 #37271D #936329 #331811 #211411 #6A3814
  • The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace (Study for a Wall Painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum) (1870): #E5C7A8 #C58D5C #9E563A #0D0304 #BA8D72 #280D0C
  • The Arts of Industry as Applied to War (Study for a Wall Painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum) (1870): #5D3721 #331E19 #8A6131 #B79550 #431D12 #20110E
  • A Sunny Corner (1830-96): #5E2925 #EDDC99 #CAB16E #856A3C #614B2F #AB9359
  • Richard and Isobel Burton's House in Damascus (1873): #A5855F #755636 #607171 #CEB48B #4B3D1E #95653D
  • Palazzo Rezzonico (1874): #64503F #1F140F #49382B #88746D #B59F9A #322016
  • Mrs H. Evans Gordon, Née May Sartoris (1875): #71291F #2B1C17 #44301F #6D5739 #AC6541 #481613
  • The Daphnephoria (1876): #4C281B #BDA774 #AB854C #270F07 #372823 #714F33
  • Yasmeenah (1880): #D6C8B3 #311618 #B59677 #946E4D #422624 #55372D
  • The Vestal (1882): #A59762 #0C0D06 #6A581E #84753B #211C09 #504214
  • Head of Spanish Boy (1830-96): #D1B47D #382012 #C16A28 #904313 #241106 #F5E8B3
  • Head of Spanish Girl (1830-96): #7C724E #D19548 #261C11 #A06121 #B3AD8E #432F1F
  • Near Kynance Cove (1885): #CCA28C #9B7D67 #673F21 #674C38 #935927 #3F2916
  • Woman Seated in a Landscape (1886): #523C24 #946A35 #33291C #735229 #C49A5D #733C24
  • Elisha Raising the Son of the Shunamite (1881): #2E2412 #57431B #0E0C08 #B1A876 #80733B #221308
  • The Dance (1883): #E3CFAE #5E3D22 #371D0B #1E0C05 #BAA185 #746253
  • Music (1885): #DEBF96 #7C7267 #946F41 #0C0E0E #3E1612 #AE9C89
  • An Elegy (1888): #492915 #DED7B6 #2F1B0F #C0B086 #804E27 #AA8959
  • Mrs Sutherland Orr (1889): #070605 #1D1B15 #98795C #291B12 #3F2D1D #624A35
  • Alexandra Orr, Née Leighton (1890): #A38958 #1D0712 #38151A #BEA588 #563026 #715138
  • Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda (1891): #4D3328 #2B2523 #B49A77 #76523A #1C1C1A #D7C8A4
  • Corinna of Tanagra (1893): #1D1615 #58321D #D8AA79 #B57E47 #75431B #321C14
  • Farewell! (1893): #190C0B #926842 #2C150F #C2976D #6C3E1C #E7C39A
  • Clytie (1895): #3B281C #774E2C #C99E71 #53351E #A27143 #E2CBAA
  • Monte Croce (1830-96): #A58E6E #CAB38E #74652F #504D28 #827259
  • An Italian Crossbow Man (1863): #262729 #131015 #060307 #777061 #54463C #412821
  • Clytie (Study) (1830-96): #705C32 #947951 #5B5440 #B2A189 #785720 #4D3D1B
  • Taormina (1875): #703F21 #745241 #9C7551 #7D6E6E #552E1D #A2958B
  • Jonathan's Token to David (1868): #2A231B #50280E #8D765A #382416 #5F4732 #34150A
  • Bianca (1862): #BE977A #A17151 #6F2E15 #945933 #2A1514 #794125
  • Mrs. James Guthrie (1864): #171514 #3A2718 #291B13 #302B25 #522416 #674830
  • Portrait of May Sartoris (1860): #13161B #3D3C2B #847058 #2A251C #604E3C #B0A082
  • The Feigned Death of Juliet (1858): #3B241D #643B28 #866346 #76331B #0C0A0D #974B21
  • Elijah in the Wilderness (1877): #B9AA99 #8D795B #513421 #6C5333 #3A1A10 #635341
  • Garden of an Inn, Capri (1859): #3A3316 #6D5E37 #1A1407 #0D0604 #B7AEB3 #E0D5CF
  • A Condottiere (1872): #391E12 #8E6938 #130609 #513017 #260F0D #654728
  • Catarina (1879): #241309 #C6AD81 #110E09 #8D6228 #B68A52 #978052
  • Odalisque (1862): #CFB3A7 #753F2E #45221D #0B0507 #AC7356 #A77F70
  • Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore (1858): #FAE2AC #BDB4C8 #F4E9DA #E4D4D3 #F4C77A #F3B74F
  • Icarus and Daedalus (1869): #080912 #955139 #69392F #402525 #F0B78A #F9D9A8
  • Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon (1869): #1B2625 #D4A66E #AD7D4E #8A6544 #463E33 #68503A
  • Crenaia, the Nymph of the Dargle (1880): #D1B99F #312517 #AF9A83 #966E50 #4D4337 #6B492E
  • Daphnephoria (1876): #1E0E10 #E1C89D #C3986A #603E38 #321919 #987D68
  • Twixt Hope and Fear (1895): #3A271A #1F1C17 #573B24 #845333 #E7C1A9 #281B13
  • Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis (1871): #230804 #905820 #BA832F #F4D789 #F9ECB9 #38130B
  • Duett: John Hanson Walker (1862): #42332E #794C2C #BE8D50 #533122 #2E1D1B #996739
  • Sir Richard Francis Burton (1872): #1B1D28 #070C1F #0B0D14 #2D1C1B #4B2D24 #6B412D
  • Study for ‘the Discovery of Juliet Apparently Lifeless (1858): #2A1C1D #42191F #552D29 #674738 #856245 #A29685
  • Helios and Rhodes (1830-96): #89665B #7D4F33 #5A382C #2D2427 #6F595F #A26C44
  • Puerta de los Vientos, Near Ronda, Spain (1887): #A3A5AE #7A7047 #5A675D #8C97B0 #37372D #98917A
  • On the Nile (1868): #BBAB9B #3F2813 #74552D #9A7744 #583D1E #231208
  • Miss Laing (1853): #3E434A #C5C2A0 #15120F #7E713F #2D1D11 #86887D
  • River Landscape, Probably in Italy (1859): #BBAB8A #826840 #574329 #A18C68 #755129 #413220
  • Lady Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot, Countess Brownlow (1879): #E5DDC3 #C7B999 #B2A076 #735719 #AB9655 #3E2B07
  • Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland (1884): #958178 #686262 #785B4B #545354 #8D5032 #5D3C27
  • View of a Bay, Spain (1878): #948775 #58574C #634E38 #B8AA93 #384140 #836A4A
  • Houses on a Cliff Top in the Mediterranean (Possibly on Capri) (1859): #885F35 #35434E #A57441 #382517 #59361C #C9A372
  • Malin Head (Malinmore), Donegal, Ireland (1893): #D0B595 #A5947E #6E5529 #4E3E22 #8F9F9A #2B2014
  • Augusta Frances East, Lady Hoare (D.1903) (1858): #0A0C0E #C0B99A #828984 #252212 #3D3215 #656C67
  • Augusta Frances Anne Hoare (1860): #0B0A08 #2A1805 #E9DEAF #C0B17A #1A1209 #4A1503
  • A Wooded Hill with the Sea Beyond (1873): #705428 #4A3B21 #B48732 #6B7970 #A09E87 #A4834C
  • A Nile Woman: #332823 #594128 #6A5E48 #483026 #755B37 #A9956D
  • Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses: #954A07 #472619 #773907 #552A0D #1A1613 #2C1912
  • Erato (1900): #BF9144 #B07B4D #985830 #5D3012 #843A1C #412417
  • After Vespers (1871): #B3975F #6D5329 #8C6A34 #4E3B21 #302515 #DDCA9F
  • Dramatic Scene in a Court: #987842 #756141 #2C2920 #6F4E22 #A29371 #402C1A
  • Antigone (1882): #291910 #242029 #FBEAE5 #ECC6A7 #E1AC5B #D2922D
  • The Antique Juggling Girl (1873): #F3E4D3 #E5BF93 #BC6932 #0F0404 #D69C63 #260D0B
  • A Boy Defending a Baby from an Eagle (1850): #9F8451 #A6A59D #49493E #282A28 #DEDACB #C9B382
  • Amarilla (1879): #9D3F32 #05040C #AD9C72 #3F251E #D8D3B6 #761F1A
  • Captive Andromache (1888): #E9D4B2 #713C30 #A85139 #916548 #49241F #FAF7E9
  • A Dream (1859): #C9B78D #C8A354 #A37423 #424347 #714933 #492C1F
  • Melittion (1882): #2B2A17 #BAA58D #4B3C24 #4D2A11 #181709 #715641
  • Nanna (Pavonia) (1859): #1D1218 #352326 #6E3828 #595149 #DCBA96 #8A725E
  • Flaming June (1895): #D37119 #BFA491 #AB4A04 #BC8C5C #390605 #491E0C
  • Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna (1854): #C5BEBD #151616 #988379 #683923 #5B4B43 #4D1B15
  • The Villa Malta, Rome (1865): #9CA5BA #4D422E #150C09 #C2AA8D #7E704D #614821
  • Cymon and Iphigenia (1884): #321B15 #582519 #DB8548 #7B1B0A #431D13 #A6471B
  • The Bath of Psyche (1890): #B8977C #23262D #D6BBAE #A57A49 #B88129 #89684C
  • Lieder Ohne Worte (1861): #B2AB60 #A18D24 #1E211B #876505 #B3B47E #898955
  • Perseus and Andromeda (1891): #917B6E #6C544D #0C071A #ECDAC9 #CBB8B3 #CFB091
  • Lucia (1877): #1B1916 #8A6C4E #5F4432 #473127 #33241D
  • Colour Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia (1884): #5E250E #46170D #AA6631 #7F4C2F #78330E #34140D
  • Wedded (1882): #6A3909 #492708 #4C1A05 #915A15 #F4D5A3 #391D07
  • Winding the Skein (1878): #E4D0B0 #89704B #9F6D22 #BBAE98 #63340A #724F1F
  • Portrait of a Roman Lady (la Nanna) (1859): #756B5F #523E2D #A08B75 #79593E #C8B49D #9E7852
  • Cappella Palatina, Palermo (1875): #382E23 #574A35 #84704C #CAB17E #241E16
  • Head of an Old Italian Woman (1850): #3F3C30 #15140F #CFA873 #2B251D #A68048 #7C5B2F
  • Professor Giovanni Costa (1878): #261E11 #16120D #634217 #855D29 #C0A973 #0C0C10
  • A Coast Scene, Ireland: Storm Effect (1874): #844835 #2A2C21 #533C36 #5A2D21 #BF6E4A #35241D
  • Study of Landscape, Scotland (1890): #383022 #72633B #C9BC9F #867232 #544834 #4B3F1A
  • Study for 'Desdemona (1888): #E1C092 #573719 #231813 #A57B3D #141112 #371E12
  • Damascus (Moonlight) (1873): #B17E4C #381F0C #252F42 #434F6E #885A2A #7D7377
  • Study of Rhododendron (1850): #C7C6B4 #4E5034 #9F5850 #363A23 #753D36 #737456
  • Clytemnestra from the Battlements of Argos Watches for the Beacon Fires Which Are to Announce the Return of Agamemnon (1874): #8A7A59 #B8AA94 #463D31 #13130E #65552C #211C14
  • Courtyard in Algiers (1879): #A4623D #545C6E #C48952 #7E3C28 #582320 #DCB07C
  • Carlo Perugini (1875): #181A1B #423525 #BB9F6F #94805B #715D41 #262A2C
  • Pink Granite Boulders, Findhorn River (1890): #8D695D #55433E #634331 #A68A84 #C4A08F #774A2D
  • Study of a Male Model (1830-96): #B48B5B #D9D2B4 #1C201C #6B4431 #412C25 #D9BE8A
  • A Street in Lerici, Italy (1830-96): #A68653 #563617 #7B4818 #7A5A2C #3C290E #B1773F
  • Interior of a Mosque or the Mimbar of the Great Mosque at Damascus (1830-96): #B57F4A #D6B588 #90714C #8D582D #9D541C #723914
  • An Headoga Girl (1830-96): #6C5336 #2E261D #4A3926 #967342 #AB9566 #1D170F
  • Interior of the Grand Mosque, Damascus (1874): #A29675 #695331 #817152 #382917 #43442A #53371A
  • Faith (1895): #2E1F11 #52300F #D6D2B5 #C2A26D #7B5121 #776743
  • Mrs Williams (1830-96): #CAAB6D #682421 #722F20 #E8D3A7 #886B40 #AD813F
  • A Street in Damascus (1873): #B2A2A3 #B98640 #AD8152 #D3B382 #CEB7A5 #9E6627
  • Still Life, Fruit (1850): #292820 #45402F #4D432A #DED4B5 #6B6249 #63542B
  • Study of Hills (1879): #4A3C2B #CABF97 #887057 #2E2821 #725B3C #1A1813
  • Head of a Girl (1830-96): #302316 #533A1B #1B150C #38200A #7E6342 #0F0B03
  • Study (1877): #532B0A #E7C495 #83673E #D19B65 #7B4A1D #AF6F3A
  • Head of a Girl (Study) (1880): #201E1C #C79959 #42281E #A16530 #271811 #83502C
  • Female Head (1830-96): #AC6426 #2C2513 #612C17 #4C3118 #854617 #D8B06E
  • Summer Moon (1872): #46423C #978A6B #2D2F2B #746440 #655D56 #30261B
  • Faust and Marguerite (1874): #1A0F0F #D9D7B7 #927157 #BDAC8A #9D5F35 #4B3B2E
  • Light of the Harem (1880): #422A22 #201211 #A87C4D #87755C #764C30 #DAB97F

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