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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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George Bellows

Bellows painted New York with raw energy — boxing matches lit by harsh gaslight, winter rivers in cobalt and grey, summer cliffs in blazing white and emerald green.

Palette: #7F6C44 #4D361E #A59166 #D7C699 #6B4724 #4F7391 #C5A861 #A48030

  • Boy in a Blue Coat (1915): #0F2435 #565F64 #0B121C #1F374D #344756 #CFC2B0
  • Emma and Her Children (1923): #2D2321 #4C3F31 #DBD3C0 #6F6045 #837D68 #D3B684
  • Emma in the Black Print (1919): #101110 #34342F #71706B #D8C3AE #C5A784 #9E9F9E
  • Men of the Docks (1912): #5B5D5B #888A89 #202425 #363229 #364148 #927059
  • Portrait of Laura (Laura Bellows Monett) (July): #403C3A #7C7776 #D1C9AA #0D0D0D #232122 #507161
  • The Sand Cart (June): #BEA56C #917C50 #686A5E #37342A #E2D9BA #6A5A35
  • Five Cows (1919): #A8AE73 #35402D #7B8052 #51502F #676528 #CFBE4B
  • Freeman Young's Place, Matinicus Island, Maine (1916): #C37E0A #03A5CA #078F33 #A17411 #A2C3B9 #7E3D09
  • Georgebellows-The Circus (1912): #4F3D32 #372A24 #171215 #B79F8C #816D5D #271E1D
  • Easter Snow (1915): #2F2124 #E7E2E1 #2C2133 #140A0F #57494C #B38655
  • Harbor at Monhegan (1913): #BBC1CB #19151A #262C57 #8D92A9 #181F3E #A08F4E
  • Men of the Docks (1912): #8C8D87 #595E5B #222524 #3A4243 #BABAB2 #3C3529
  • Portrait of Florence Pierce (Augu): #080310 #083379 #090A1D #DBD9CE #22101C #2B3327
  • Portrait of My Mother No. 1 (1920): #2C251E #554332 #755F44 #D9CCA8 #A69770 #1D1A15
  • Rock Reef, Maine (July): #829CB4 #263953 #1C5079 #B1C8D7 #04305D #D7E8F2
  • Shipyard Society (1916): #6D623F #A89866 #4B493A #9C9993 #C3B8A1 #35352E
  • Snow-Capped River (Febr): #CCD0C6 #869BAE #8EA89E #4C737E #B2BFC7 #A9A689
  • Three Children (June): #0C220C #163B12 #676828 #E49B73 #E19A4D #947C2F
  • Through the Trees, Monhegan Island, Maine (1913): #69756C #3F6235 #181E18 #373F39 #B7B49E #483D24
  • Tumble of Waters (1913): #9BAFBA #D6D9DA #302F2D #294E53 #65819D #7FA499
  • Up the Hudson (1908): #8A8555 #5F6540 #32362A #475039 #6F7862 #7C9F93
  • The Bridge, Blackwell’s Island (1909): #111509 #B9ABB2 #7C6F58 #443E1E #0E191F #152638
  • Frankie, the Organ Boy (July): #0F100C #24251D #88734A #AD9366 #584E34
  • The Newsboy (Octo): #4B4C39 #2D3431 #BAA271 #3C3C2A #886F46 #E2DDB6
  • Introducing John L. Sullivan, By (1923): #2A2B22 #5E4E33 #916F44 #1C1D18 #C4945A #493623
  • Julie Hudson (1914): #3D2927 #B19177 #7E6148 #512827 #604531
  • Ox Team, Wharf at Matinicus (1916): #60472F #444C43 #A0957E #7A8C90 #588C99 #665F4B
  • Stag at Sharkey's (1909): #181613 #2B2D2F #585958 #EEE0CC #E4C4A1 #443722
  • Swans in Central Park (1906): #7F7562 #36312A #5E5342 #232320 #C1AC8E #E1CEAD
  • Tennis at Newport (1919): #38422C #333830 #555731 #5E5B4A #766B3E #918363
  • The Barricade (Octo): #242D25 #696B58 #D9CFA8 #0C382C #141C17 #A0926D
  • The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine (1916): #3D5753 #D0CCAA #ACAA98 #595F4C #7B8276 #8F8157
  • The Return to Life (1923): #807461 #5A5245 #F1E3C2 #BEAE91 #474035
  • Up the Hudson (1908): #868253 #555C3B #2D3228 #3F4737 #6C7660 #7EA094
  • A Day in June (1913): #343126 #403F23 #B5A9A3 #E9DCD3 #535135 #89818E
  • Elinor, Jean and Anna (1920): #171715 #A09571 #2F291D #735F38 #C3BDA1 #494735
  • The Launching: #162B5A #212A49 #2A466F #8AAECA #113173 #C2CECE
  • The Studio (1919): #302F2D #575450 #7B7670 #473625 #ABA69A #705D43
  • Portrait of Geraldine Lee (1914): #616C83 #1E201D #EDDCC0 #F3EEF3 #9C9FB1 #434F5F
  • Two Women (1924): #2A2428 #DFD3B9 #443D42 #5D5D61 #A8A391 #746041
  • Return of the Useless (1918): #261613 #60463A #947157 #472A20 #7D4530 #170B0B
  • California Headlands (1917): #214C79 #9CA5AB #314F63 #C7B69F #667171 #A49378
  • The Germans Arrive (1918): #3C4435 #60644B #654D27 #868461 #262E24 #453D28
  • The Big Dory (1913): #23605E #DBD4A2 #629283 #141911 #654F28 #053132
  • The Warships (1909): #5F6E53 #1D263E #191B1E #9F9561 #282B22 #849780
  • Bethesda Fountain (Fountain in Central Park) (1905): #BDB196 #A28C5F #2E2613 #533D1C #7B683C #17170D
  • Mrs. T. in Cream Silk (1919): #080C05 #89733F #2D2914 #534725 #B9A267 #191A0D
  • Portrait of Florence Budd (1914): #141F1F #C8BFAA #66776E #485751 #9E907E #090E0E
  • Portrait of Prosper (1907): #0B0B09 #7E4F11 #583409 #B08031 #3A2106 #23170B
  • Evening Blue (1916): #587793 #313B41 #8AA0AC #49575F #1F2428 #B0BDBD
  • Tumble of Waters (1913): #C4CED1 #859CB0 #96B1AE #2A2927 #2E5158 #5B857C
  • Rock Ridge Farm: #2A353E #36492E #495059 #9DB2B9 #6B723F #C2BEA6
  • Deserted Factory (1924): #756F62 #A7A28F #858663 #5C5048 #5B6943 #45533A
  • Kids (1906): #4F4738 #312A21 #8C7B66 #C1B4A3 #634D34 #3F2F1D
  • Tennis at Newport (1920): #2F4E31 #597344 #203131 #213727 #9A9F5A #94997A
  • May Day in Central Park (1905): #282921 #656A5A #3F402D #3C4941 #8C442E #3C5B68
  • Paradise Point (1919): #303942 #3D496D #575E5B #9FA291 #7B8359 #809091
  • Through the Trees, Monhegan Island, Maine (1913): #171E17 #486B3E #394239 #657268 #BDB89E #919482
  • Portrait of a Laughing Boy (1907): #393029 #9A8D72 #2A2627 #665A48 #895E44 #674532
  • Mill Dam (1924): #313837 #585C4E #456F97 #394C6A #7396A5 #87693D
  • Village on the Hill (1916): #868B4C #41523D #5E7044 #616158 #869688 #494F62
  • Sun Glow (1913): #2F4A58 #201913 #A78C5A #E3E8CD #8BA879 #BFAA6C
  • Edge of the Pasture (1916): #21372E #5C6947 #727876 #D8E3C8 #8E8439 #989A9C
  • Jim Twadell's Place (1924): #707A49 #3F4042 #414E30 #5C4233 #A7A56F #728EA0
  • Under the Elevated Near Brooklyn Bridge (1907): #94856D #44382A #C6AF89 #665A58 #6A5B40 #513A19
  • Anne (1915): #030D0C #7C6E31 #335E2A #657E4E #CBBC98 #A39A6D
  • Approach to the Bridge at Night (1913): #41505A #3C3C39 #A19376 #6D6048 #58798A #736E65
  • Porträt der Anne (1915): #1C1E21 #B9A096 #293B4B #918584 #A8815F #3F3841
  • Blue Snow, the Battery (1910): #CDD1D6 #969DAE #5D6582 #21233B #3D3E53 #3F4B80
  • Madeline Davis (1914): #1A1F02 #372A0B #EDEFCF #6F510D #AD9824 #826919
  • The Brook (1909): #957F60 #655148 #B6B5A8 #767D85 #77573B #623D2B
  • Gray Sea (1913): #D9E8CB #96AC9D #B4CDA6 #526457 #6D8B71 #436D36
  • Sunlit Surf (1913): #627A91 #BFC4BD #181E23 #483C2C #315A61 #91A2AE
  • West Wind (1913): #1A1E41 #0A0A14 #A0AAC2 #C1AD6C #0F1129 #9E8E54
  • Rolling Breakers (1913): #244C5B #66817D #CDDDDA #072833 #06131F #3C7588
  • Dock Builders (1916): #294C63 #859793 #3D4651 #A69C6B #79704A #4D533D
  • Criehaven Wharf (1916): #273139 #43535C #A8B2B4 #728178 #5F7C9E #6A7A4F
  • Coopers Lake, Woodstock (1924): #343E4C #4C533D #E8CEAD #363B2A #AA9777 #272C2F
  • The Teamster (1916): #67665B #2C373D #CDBC88 #6F7FC0 #A59B82 #907C4A
  • Anne in Black Velvet (1917): #0A090C #93705A #5D4733 #B89A75 #201C1F #BEB4A4
  • Porträt der Laura (1922): #0F111B #576465 #222830 #D6C884 #171F37 #394245
  • In a Rowboat (1916): #0D1313 #0D1828 #C8C4DA #1A2A43 #1E2723 #9B9FC1
  • The Palisades (1909): #100E0E #A6ABA4 #2F4B6E #555558 #131523 #E0D9CF
  • Polo at Lakewood (1910): #C0BDBA #2B3B23 #919193 #656768 #1F221A #3A2E1D
  • Snow Dumpers (1911): #1A1210 #ECEAE4 #392F22 #50412B #A2A190 #2B1A10
  • Romance of Autumn (1916): #574C4D #5E5F3B #69352F #C9DFF2 #3C4630 #B7672E
  • Steaming Streets (1908): #1E1B19 #7C7A63 #B6AD98 #535140 #3A362F #D9D1C0
  • Summer Fantasy (1924): #4C5131 #232C20 #B2BA9C #848C78 #1C2A4F #5B4B1C
  • Emma at the Piano (1914): #1F1928 #120B14 #291A1C #25328D #202771 #1C1F57
  • Jackie (Jacqueline Hudson) (1914): #152B25 #957229 #6B501B #BCA767 #274234 #4E3813
  • Winter Road (1912): #414223 #5E5521 #626E4E #4B370E #C1C590 #E6E9B1
  • River Front No. 1 (1914): #5A6C80 #796D4C #D8BA72 #9F792F #121011 #B2945A
  • Launching (1913): #2E3979 #E4E6E7 #242B5C #1A2943 #35466F #EEDA59
  • Edith Cavell (1918): #1D1B1A #838043 #332F23 #44402A #5B5835 #0D0E17
  • The Fish Wharf, Matinicus Island (1916): #C0B367 #BBBA9A #495E48 #9CB0D1 #768773 #897F43
  • Snow-Capped River (1911): #C9CFC6 #7B94A6 #859B91 #A9B5C3 #3A6264 #101B18
  • Storm Sea (1913): #2B4148 #84AC9A #0F191B #3B7267 #09413C #022B27
  • Three Pigs and a Mountain (1922): #0A090A #4D3F25 #C9D3E5 #2B2210 #877342 #2E3131
  • Portrait of My Mother No. 1 (1921): #2B251E #4D3D2F #755E41 #E8D196 #A8AC9E #8C8773
  • The Widow (1917): #171B23 #0B0815 #9F845F #303239 #72634F #312C25
  • Old Fisherman (1904): #120E0A #62612E #807F53 #291F13 #432309 #E1DBCA
  • Rain on the River (1908): #A6A89C #161D10 #50523E #7D7C67 #2D3122 #294530
  • Cleaning Fish (1913): #A2B093 #1D2728 #708671 #54675D #394441 #478371
  • Little Girl in White (Queenie Burnett) (1907): #332613 #232618 #ADA897 #0E0A05 #A08867 #75654E
  • Blue Morning (1909): #73959D #2C322F #C0D2D0 #B0AE91 #494B3C #356F8D
  • The Lone Tenement (1909): #8B8E78 #91885C #695627 #E6E0D5 #5E5C4D #BCB18C
  • New York (1911): #464B49 #6E6D62 #32312D #A5A797 #E2E1D7 #625333
  • Florence Davey (1914): #192725 #BDB28D #8E8A6C #053F2B #314436 #225F4A
  • My Family (1916): #80893F #4C6234 #9D9B7F #CBB983 #605439 #6E6A27
  • Anne with a Japanese Parasol (1917): #275661 #303B31 #565F4B #592225 #D1C690 #096B43
  • Maud Dale (1919): #342D2A #251C21 #585544 #827A53 #C5A259 #7B5030
  • Nude with Red Hair (1920): #1A1A16 #373934 #362D1D #CCAD64 #663D23 #7B5930
  • Tennis Tournament (1920): #2F4625 #AC9D6C #58623C #303521 #4F6428 #7F794D
  • Chester Dale (1922): #1F271E #3B4328 #3E311D #141B14 #2F2A1B #F0D078
  • Nude with Hexagonal Quilt (1924): #3B352B #DFB978 #5F3830 #6F7151 #966648 #585440
  • Romance of Criehaven (1916): #776630 #595438 #517890 #303521 #868176 #3F4842
  • Seated Nude (1910): #59503B #3B362D #D9C6AF #A58B6F #836F54 #7B6437
  • Waldo Peirce (1920): #2F2B24 #302315 #7F542F #54371C #B58957 #30373B
  • Love of Winter (1914): #143340 #305B65 #0C1C24 #ACB29C #DFD5BA #5E8287
  • My Mother (1921): #110F0B #252418 #333626 #948C63 #6A6237 #453612
  • Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase (1924): #575B4C #232D29 #A6A586 #0F1918 #747A6A #3A453F
  • Frankie, the Organ Boy (1907): #0F100C #25261D #AB9062 #4B422D #7F6D47
  • Bridge, Blackwell’s Island (1909): #101509 #B7A9AE #060F0D #7F7256 #132029 #4E4B36
  • Pennsylvania Station Excavation (1903): #22221F #75858F #3A3F37 #4D5A59 #6E99CC #B1C4D6
  • Three Children (1919): #060907 #0A1F0A #6F6C29 #11340B #3A4B13 #E69A6A
  • The Newsboy (1908): #4B4C3A #2C3431 #383B2C #202421 #A38855 #C2AC7C
  • The Sand Cart (1917): #BEA46B #977F4F #766C51 #E1D7B8 #959486 #65716E
  • Shipyard Society (1916): #554F36 #8F815A #7F8275 #BCB492 #31352D #332D1D
  • The Fisherman (1917): #8A8773 #555149 #323538 #72868C #B2B29B #394A5A
  • Lady Jean (1924): #8D8662 #6A7666 #9CA491 #27221F #49211A #1A2A34
  • The White Horse (1922): #292716 #636954 #4D301B #281A0F #827833 #9A9F86
  • Monhegan Island (1913): #CDD5D0 #151A1E #3E6F54 #80A2A8 #1C2D39 #679081
  • Golf Course, California (1917): #242325 #908C96 #312819 #444042 #66626E #C8C6C6
  • Builders of Ship (1916): #7F7350 #605840 #626C6F #423F2F #6C5427 #31312F
  • Katherine Rosen (1921): #131509 #27230D #554A2E #311D06 #4D3307 #231405
  • A Fresh Breeze (1913): #5A6955 #285354 #123A3D #8A8459 #1B292E #363B35
  • Pueblo Tesuque (1917): #31231C #493933 #906C39 #985323 #072431 #C0A86E
  • The Village Houses (1920): #C8D9CB #818059 #4F5139 #15150D #ADAF8C #5F5C23
  • Dempsey and Firpo (1924): #2E3638 #181B1E #545F58 #746857 #C8BA8F #40322E
  • Grandma Bellows (1919): #191A15 #2A2A23 #BD9E6F #403528 #9C7D50 #7E5D3B
  • Matinicus (1916): #B4B99A #617660 #31382B #7F885A #899D8B #3B4853
  • The Black Derby / Head of a Man with a Red Nose (1905): #181616 #2F2217 #906A46 #4D3722 #6D4E31 #B48F65
  • Nude with Parrot (1915): #ECC998 #181C20 #2E2639 #C4925F #4E2F4C #845437
  • Nude with Fan (1920): #2E3029 #545545 #C9C4AD #B99C69 #E3C997 #888B6E
  • Nude Girl, Miss Leslie Hall (1909): #0E0B08 #1E1910 #887B57 #685332 #43351B #261908
  • Portrait of a Boy (1921): #181011 #9C532C #47180D #D2895A #E9AC83 #3C2926
  • Paddy Flannigan (1908): #71481C #513614 #FBDAAD #F4B779 #130F09 #2C2215
  • Head of Boy (Aka Gray Boy) (1905): #211B12 #16100A #E2A554 #B6773B #7B5830 #4C3B23
  • Garaldine Lee (1914): #2F1A22 #1E1624 #DDDECD #763547 #8A755E #A1484E
  • Mrs. Walter H. Richter (1922): #3A3438 #1B1D1E #695157 #CBB78C #4E5154 #9C917B
  • Cross-Eyed Boy (1906): #070C0F #20272C #424549 #E6C37E #BB8553 #656163
  • Fern Woods (1913): #243D3D #092226 #576359 #3C4139 #BFB278 #7A8333
  • Winter Afternoon, Riverside Park (1909): #E6EBE6 #1A2035 #0A0C1A #756E67 #76442F #46609F
  • Man and Dog (1905): #392F1F #221C12 #5E4930 #18140D #785D3E #B08A5B
  • August Lundberg (No 2) (1907): #2E2928 #4D3D30 #A18358 #1F2022 #806844 #69523C
  • Breaking Sky, Monhegan (1916): #120E0B #7F8B8A #445C7C #EDEFEA #697D97 #242A16
  • Barnyard and Chickens (1924): #205643 #9BA9AA #30434E #A0A281 #637467 #4B6168
  • Pigs and Donkey (1920): #454C3F #85806B #222F2E #21281C #F0F1E4 #D5D0AE
  • Boy with Eton Collar (Portrait of Meredith Hare) (1921): #070604 #654525 #86643C #412E16 #A5804A #1C0C04
  • Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island (1913): #6F7F32 #515667 #15245B #6974A4 #292C10 #2F3D70
  • Study of Emma and the Children (1917): #6A5A63 #BAA68A #7B6659 #8C654C #9A8D8F #904F33
  • Hunter and Mountains (1920): #2A2928 #4D3C29 #695A3D #474640 #5F605A #242A1B
  • North River (1908): #293932 #748B7E #151812 #D4D8CA #585C47 #355652
  • Emma in the Purple Dress (1919): #262E37 #4B5264 #111619 #9B6C6B #422F34 #EBCBBB
  • The Coming Storm (1916): #637E97 #3A577C #817B3F #9FB1BD #333936 #69765B
  • A Grandmother (1914): #B6A16A #D9CFB7 #212123 #8F4E4E #31191D #5A4C34
  • Emma at the Window (1920): #1B1813 #2D302D #51523F #BB9F70 #33261A #502917
  • The Grove (1911): #83BCD3 #020315 #4D99CE #050D24 #9B8716 #3B5654
  • Haystacks and Barn (1909): #AA8D3A #141117 #7F6221 #351A0D #848076 #523210
  • Rock Reef, Maine (1913): #8EA7BC #263A55 #174B76 #CFE2ED #4D7393 #3A5266
  • Portrait of Florence Pierce (1914): #02010B #022D7B #E4E3D8 #210716 #040721 #050D38
  • Both Members of This Club (1909): #111416 #35332C #1C1811 #2D2115 #9B8565 #442F1D
  • The Barricade (1918): #1D261F #DAD1AA #616150 #3A473C #0E3A2E #9E916E
  • Emma in a Purple Dress (1920): #2C2623 #5C442D #181718 #976656 #44362B #71582A
  • Central Park (1905): #121312 #B7A20F #302F2E #9B8A18 #EFF3F3 #7F6518
  • Club Night (1907): #18110F #302818 #0C0204 #291C0F #5C5438 #433F2B
  • Forty-Two Kids (1907): #0A170A #4D4A32 #685E37 #182C23 #9B7B3C #312E1D

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