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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.

Scanning works…

Gabriele Münter

Münter simplified Bavarian landscapes into bold areas of flat color. Her palette — deep blue mountains, orange roofs, green meadows — influenced Kandinsky and defined the Blue Rider aesthetic.

Palette: #5A4629 #7F502D #BA8735 #18364A #E4E0DC #906D1F #DABB5F #AB9791

  • Udsigt Over Esrum Sø (1916-19): #9A9E72 #EBE4D7 #A99094 #ACBCCB #EBCC69 #689C79
  • Dsc1730: #313532 #454E4E #1F3A48 #B9C4B4 #E4E2C2 #0C2130
  • Painting Outdoors in Front of an Easel by Wassily Kandinskys: #1B3E52 #6B4F14 #846A1A #A36F16 #D1C465 #BAA460
  • Bilderwand Aus der Sammlung und Johannes Eichner (16 N): #E0DFDF #ADA08C #787166 #4C4031 #39291B #0C0907
  • Gemälde von Wassily Kandinsky (1903): #52492D #393223 #895129 #7E6036 #5F3C23 #737153
  • Beim Malen in Kallmünz (1903): #505853 #2C3742 #86826C #747E43 #363431 #5C5945
  • Kandinsky (1910): #281F1E #3F4129 #BA8B3C #7A742B #C1771F #CCAB59

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

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