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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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Georges Seurat

Seurat's entire practice was a theory of color perception made visible. Juxtaposed dots of pure color would optically mix in the eye to produce more luminous results than physical mixing.

Palette: #AC9F86 #807353 #615143 #C8A76D #606937 #9D9451 #864F32 #A3762F

  • Circus Sideshow (Parade de Cirque) (1887-88): #564E52 #38333C #665249 #72523F #222737 #504833
  • Gray Weather, Grande Jatte (ca. 1886-88): #C9C6B1 #63685B #AA9A80 #6F6B3C #646A81 #B08A48
  • Study for "Bathers at Asnières (ca. 1883-84): #929280 #626D43 #677275 #2B343E #8E7957 #444E44
  • Study for "la Grande Jatte (1884-85): #A19957 #B3A899 #A38364 #AE8250 #6C7644 #CDB687
  • A Sunday on la Grande Jatte (1884): #405949 #596279 #BEB260 #898383 #423F4A #B9A689
  • The Channel at Gravelines, Evening (1890): #DCCDB5 #ACB4AA #A79688 #876A65 #AE8673 #697574
  • The Stone Breaker (1882): #283026 #D7B67A #885935 #BA8A45 #46462D #91754C
  • Woman in a Park (Unkn): #413C3B #462F28 #46554E #4D5938 #59542E #796F47
  • Georges Seurat: #506C5F #234825 #1E4837 #767E6C #473833 #3B5D3D
  • Moored Boats and Trees (1890): #919C9E #CAA45F #C79D36 #888439 #AF9F7D #2E507B
  • A Sunday on la Grande Jatte (1884): #8B9094 #5C6038 #646C5F #596D81 #9C917C #7B713C
  • La Luzerne, Saint-Denis (1885): #6D6642 #8C7844 #C3BFAE #B3A277 #50513E #555129
  • Le Chahut ((188): #C89A98 #978295 #EEDCDC #DFBFC0 #805C6F #7B719E
  • Man Painting a Boat: #63653D #999180 #666C67 #222F27 #3F5263 #434D48
  • Cirque (1891): #B2A897 #DDDCD6 #C6AE7C #9B8565 #94959F #83796C
  • Morgenspaziergang (die Seine bei Courbevoie) (1885): #BEB19F #98843D #A49275 #C29F64 #8C8381 #766F40
  • Un Dimanche Après-Midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte (18 O): #7D7145 #CCAA52 #AD8F61 #8E6954 #725541 #C8955A
  • Un Dimanche Après-Midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte (Étude)) (1884): #5D6B28 #D6B32E #909685 #8A9551 #353410 #AC9425
  • The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe (1890): #D1DAD4 #E6CDB0 #A6B8AB #93B0C7 #6E90A5 #B2B296
  • Study (14 F): #D6BEA8 #BF8F57 #9D8764 #605F50 #6A4E5C #865D35
  • Head of Woman, Study for the Painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte, Ca. (ca. 1884-85): #E3C39D #B69978 #8C7559 #68563F #DEB882 #352A1C
  • Three Young Women, Study for the Painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte, Ca. (ca. 1884-85): #D6C0A5 #AD9B81 #6F6552 #2D2A23 #0E0E0E #4B4538
  • The Gardener: #AFB452 #50665D #4A6D7E #C7B731 #305740 #728C49
  • Young Woman Powdering Herself (1888): #7C8784 #A18E71 #A6A699 #72665C #5E4143 #956E44
  • Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières (1883): #A6A0A5 #D6B89B #7C86A3 #BBA496 #72804F #516D48
  • Woman in a Park: #424A47 #4A3B36 #605D35 #4D3225 #1F2E34 #243D30
  • Port-En-Bessin, Bridge and Port (1888): #C0C0C0 #C7BFA4 #78736D #B1A578 #6B6F82 #A59F8F
  • The Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe (1890): #DBD5AB #C0C7C2 #B8C4D5 #CDC274 #B5AF7F #969EA0
  • Study for 'la Grande Jatte (1884): #576743 #B1AD9E #978A59 #354F31 #4F5B59 #6C7538
  • Study II (1883): #A3967C #828682 #805E4A #2F2D36 #53653A #67695C
  • La Grande Jatte (Study VI) (1884): #918C4A #384236 #515358 #827B5B #838282 #59593D
  • A River Bank (the Seine at Asnières) (1883): #D5CDB8 #787460 #71744A #D7B281 #AD9C7B #ADA497
  • Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp (1885): #879991 #9DBEC3 #614D3B #867860 #AC8F5A #B6AC8F
  • The Rainbow: Study for 'Bathers at Asnières (1883): #ABA59A #405540 #7F8786 #DCD1BD #928365 #AC8A58
  • Fort Samson, Grandcamp (1885): #BCCCDD #BBBA96 #E7E7DC #96B1CA #888B6F #5C5C5A
  • Study III (1883): #B9BEBC #2E5755 #133A45 #0B213D #DEC8A8 #D9B07B
  • Young Woman Powdering Herself (Study) (1889): #B4B3AE #E2CCAB #84A2B4 #B69A83 #D4A863 #4A7D9C
  • Entrance of the Port of Honfleur (Entrée du Port D’Honfleur) (1886): #D1D2D1 #D0BFA2 #8B9DA5 #A9B5A5 #5D7671 #869F8C
  • Black Cow in a Meadow (1881): #B7B255 #CCC584 #DBD6BD #181A20 #908C47 #6F6D47
  • Two Stonebreakers (1881): #585B47 #A7947A #7F694A #334332 #364341 #1B2823
  • A Fisherman (1884): #A9A398 #605D5F #887E73 #BDAB82 #948264 #393E48
  • Study for le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp (1885): #A3A495 #846C5D #9B823F #6B6472 #C8C6BE #CFBC9F
  • The Rue St. Vincent, Paris, in Spring (1884): #97614E #342C3B #444030 #BD957E #6B4B57 #695931
  • Study for "Bathers at Asnières (1880): #8B8D7B #606B42 #6B777C #313C47 #B2A88F #5B6054
  • La Grande Jatte (Study VII) (1884): #A9A566 #291C13 #3B3724 #575C39 #BAB5B6 #D7BD7B
  • The Circus Parade (Study) (1887): #DF974A #C88E58 #BA6621 #F2BE76 #A46F57 #A26136
  • The Channel at Gravelines, Petit-Fort-Philippe (1890): #CBC6B9 #D8C09B #A0ADB1 #BE9A76 #89958C #D0AB66
  • View of le Crotoy from Upstream (1889): #BDBBBE #B5A57B #442B4E #7A6C6E #5E2F51 #5E5461
  • Peasant Laboring (1882): #868A25 #CE9E3C #3B641A #F0D8A0 #404A1E #243D14
  • La Grande Jatte: the White Dog (1884): #293544 #9FA74A #415454 #171E2D #748540 #978E44
  • Seated Figures, Study for la Grande Jatte (1884): #9B9A47 #28533A #55723D #2B483C #969FAA #637331
  • A Man Leaning on a Parapet (1881): #837661 #4F311E #1C1817 #AD9B7D #37322D #6A533E
  • Port-En-Bessin: the Outer Harbor (Low Tide) (1888): #BCBDB5 #B0AC8E #AC9C6A #858D94 #82805F #6B7073
  • Grassy Riverbank (1881): #4E4F36 #606336 #A59876 #373829 #807C59 #262523
  • Low Tide at Grandcamp (1885): #D2D0B7 #D0A463 #C1C3C1 #B3B68F #859D80 #B49C6C
  • Around the Town (1883): #BEA17D #75662D #52443B #9F9485 #907020 #130704
  • Houses and Garden (1882): #636D3A #A99156 #7D8366 #625437 #3E5228 #473F29
  • Boy Sitting in a Meadow (1882): #D0BC55 #5C5651 #888577 #CFB876 #987A4F #C3B224
  • House Among Trees (1883): #847848 #B9A98A #5C5339 #433731 #AA955A #7D563A
  • The Riverbanks (1882): #BAB8B3 #AB9C85 #989FB1 #7F6840 #A87433 #4D4217
  • Boat by the Bank, Asnières (1883): #535A4C #B89E82 #837B72 #2E3E3B #797F93 #ADA09E
  • Man Painting a Boat (1883): #6E6D4B #454E44 #A1998D #717672 #415464 #2F382A
  • Study for 'le Chahut (1889): #D6C6AE #516EAB #6C7C97 #81A17A #A19196 #8A9FC6
  • Sunset (1881): #4B4534 #D4B976 #303633 #B99252 #A4AD88 #48371F
  • Landscape, Ile de la Grande-Jatte (1884): #ACA03E #4F6740 #3D594B #B4AD68 #A7B1AC #71847A
  • Head of a Young Girl (1878): #E6AC8F #B88B72 #352731 #AC6B50 #F8E5CA #513A3D
  • The „Maria“ at Honfleur (1886): #DCD2CA #9A8C8A #645855 #2B2A32 #92775E #C0A387
  • Ville d'Avray, White Houses (1882): #E3E1C7 #C39C4E #B9A999 #5E514C #88784F #90817A
  • Banks of the Seine Near Courbevoie (1883): #BEB495 #CD9B45 #8D7B55 #62696C #BE9B61 #A07C39
  • Les Poseuses, Small Version (1887): #B6A8A2 #8D7C6F #C3A986 #7E743F #57535D #7E7484
  • Barbizon Forest in Autumn (1881): #A8A9B7 #51594D #6F5E49 #81583B #7F808D #A0847A
  • Massif Figure in a Landscape (1882): #666F53 #B7A07D #A4A5AA #7C664A #989684 #1E253C
  • The Pile of Stones (1884): #D2BD8D #DCBE76 #818439 #DFD6BE #6F7053 #ACA694
  • The Stone Breakers, le Raincy (1882): #C3AD91 #3D4543 #9C8F7E #5E5D55 #8B603C #222B31
  • Study for 'a Sunday on the Island of la Grand Jatte': Couple Walking: #586E3F #99A64C #8E9870 #B0B4AF #817579 #3A4F32
  • A Study for 'Une Baignade (1883): #B9B8B3 #344952 #92A3B8 #4D6051 #727F7D #CBAD7F
  • Paysage au Piquet (1882): #AA9F44 #656137 #444738 #DCDDD9 #867E43 #46401B
  • The Stone Breaker III (1882): #C29662 #A28F6D #BFB49D #324C35 #133431 #AC7335
  • The Gravelines Channel, Towards the Sea (1890): #BEC9D3 #9AAABF #9EAAA5 #7F93BA #D6D1C2 #7A7B47
  • The Ladies' Man (1889): #C7B59B #A59F99 #777F95 #B27E5F #7F6C65 #455275
  • Port-En-Bessin, Entrance to the Harbor (1888): #C2D0AC #C2C68D #C6D7CE #B5A75C #93AEA4 #998428
  • The Eiffel Tower (1889): #A7ACAE #BCAC91 #869EB9 #BB9865 #7E8186 #A58B74
  • Lisière de Bois au Printemps (1882): #A5A251 #7C8C4C #BAC6B8 #255151 #9DAB82 #315443
  • Le Chahut (1889): #767066 #D2BBAB #846855 #485462 #AC9585 #C08F71
  • Beach at Gravelines (1890): #CEC8D0 #A5A4B6 #705F6D #B8BCDC #5A5986 #8B6658
  • Poseuse Debout, de Face, Étude pour Les Poseuses (1886): #95909B #B6976B #968776 #8A6439 #7D6D4E #C5B6AE
  • Poseuse Debout (1887): #56545F #455A78 #7E787C #BF9B7F #6E5348 #927E75
  • Poseuse Assise, de Profil (1887): #9A8275 #C19473 #ECA563 #67554B #C4A99B #D09363
  • Landscape with Puvis de Chavannes' Poor Fisherman (1881): #916850 #BDA69D #673E30 #B08B71 #8D5335 #482419
  • Landscape at Grandcamp (1885): #AB7D53 #D5B189 #8B6B55 #6B514A #936033 #6A442F
  • Paysage d'Ile de France (1881): #D5CBC4 #5D6B41 #4E5A4E #A19161 #B3ABB2 #181E18
  • Landscape at Saint-Ouen (1878): #859879 #E2E0BE #B6B988 #29312E #10181B #454A3E
  • The Mower (1883): #B09342 #B9A264 #3E4743 #897A45 #7A734F #AF8818
  • Group of Characters (1884): #BCAD4E #A19558 #D7D2BA #D9CE40 #71674F #D8CF8A
  • Haymakers at Montfermeil (1882): #8D9657 #9FAB98 #6C7B71 #A78055 #7B8A5E #566371
  • Haystacks (1882): #877955 #B9B6A3 #657056 #858E8E #6C6147 #405142
  • Man with a Hoe (1882): #CBAC84 #A59F5E #7B884B #AF8D62 #83624B #C5BEA7
  • Peasant with a Hoe (1882): #8B8B54 #54534A #6B6F4F #AC9975 #3A3933 #2D4546
  • Study I (1883): #B1B09A #8B925E #7D9093 #7D8971 #5C6E77 #363637
  • Figures in a Landscape (1883): #9B9857 #AD9F81 #78736C #57555D #837059 #8A8C6D
  • Horse and Boats (Study for Bathers at Asnieres ) (1883): #CAC6B0 #A4AB9F #979C61 #929479 #515658 #6C7454
  • The Seine with Clothing on the Bank (1883): #60763D #A8A284 #C49D61 #828466 #76867F #876A47
  • A Summer Landscape (1883): #878E60 #A09C8C #A68E61 #8E979A #BFBCAD #787C71
  • Garden at le Raincy (1883): #798060 #4D5A42 #B2AD95 #C9BB7E #5F6E71 #9D9F5B
  • La Grande Jatte (Study II) (1884): #9D9C58 #A59A89 #AA8556 #B39A54 #CEB787 #876763
  • Study of Figures for la Grande Jatte (1884): #A79D59 #705753 #AE8973 #5D694A #967049 #827F4B
  • The Lighthouse at Honfleur (1886): #B1C3AD #D0D7A8 #999E74 #6A6555 #8B978C #797D4B
  • Seascape (Gravelines) (1890): #D8C59D #B5B3A4 #97A6AF #5B6863 #4B688F #364964
  • A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte (1884): #435A4B #BBB061 #585B70 #787A6B #3C3A43 #B4A38C
  • Poseuse de Dos (1887): #DD9D6C #816450 #5C4234 #534646 #B38361 #BA9E86
  • The Circus (1891): #B2A184 #DDDBD5 #A4A1A2 #BEA266 #DECA97 #80715F
  • The Seine at Courbevoie (1885): #BDB9AE #343D3D #51605C #939181 #7F8C92 #B69E75
  • The Models (1886): #A89995 #7B7178 #CBB7A4 #5B5369 #433A4C #918774
  • Clothes on the Grass (1883): #BBB2AF #505B39 #838B93 #A97E52 #203928 #2D443E
  • Corner of the Harbour, Honfleur (1886): #D9D5CC #C0B39E #9B9792 #726664 #808BAA #494659
  • Peasant Woman Seated in the Grass (1883): #B3AD80 #82848F #938F6B #4D4F55 #5E6C83 #61454C
  • Woman with a Monkey (1884): #728271 #BBBC75 #3D7178 #D2CB58 #196B86 #528D3C
  • The Morning Walk (1884): #C0B39F #9B885F #948233 #644F5A #68603E #CAA86E
  • Vase of Flowers (1878): #453931 #5C5C45 #58382D #897955 #CDB688 #2C2A27
  • Fields with Trees in Barbizon (1883): #C2A6A7 #AF8C48 #735F44 #3A2328 #B28871 #7D5F35
  • Le Petit Paysan en Bleu (1881): #565C55 #84854D #886530 #D6CCB9 #878D84 #373938
  • Young Woman Powdering Herself (1889): #808985 #9F9076 #574145 #B7B3A2 #826C53 #6D5F5B
  • Paysage Rose (1879): #CFBA7F #959D46 #BEC4A2 #7E9256 #A58B55 #3C714D
  • Banlieue (1881): #AD9D8F #6E5C5A #897562 #D9C9AD #514247 #88635C
  • The Anglers, Study for la Grande Jatte (1883): #BEA18C #391D26 #A67F6B #5F4244 #A34739 #836664
  • Bridge of Courbevoie (1880): #E2E1D4 #B89E4E #BBBBB8 #A8A189 #8D8D9C #887E5C
  • Port-En-Bessin, Outer Harbour, High Tide (1888): #B1B191 #94907F #8A7C53 #8E7E37 #7A6F6C #C8B471
  • Ruines à Grandcamp (1885): #AD948C #C49D77 #967349 #947764 #6D5D53 #4E473C
  • Path in the Woods, Barbizon (1883): #B1A379 #60655B #80795D #3C3F3C #5E513B #A09E88
  • The Forest at Pontaubert (1881): #74674D #615349 #937D50 #BFA167 #4E3F3E
  • Le Chahut (Study I) (1889): #334662 #B4A393 #887977 #6A6F82 #645459 #223042
  • Final Study for "la Grande Jatte (1884): #596153 #ACA561 #504F5F #837C5E #87888B #C7C6BA
  • The Seine at la Grande Jatte (1889): #C7C6A7 #A9ADA5 #D9BF83 #A18B44 #A99A6B #908A75
  • Gravelines Channel (1890): #D2C7CB #B2B3CD #9193A1 #A98781 #6C7AAA #CBAE9B
  • Angelica (1878): #755F37 #3C3227 #241F1B #58452A #DDB779 #A78451
  • The Gardener I (1882): #B4A45F #405648 #3B465B #223034 #2E4137 #818E68
  • Peasant with Hoe II (1882): #A49476 #7E7B64 #4A575F #AF8265 #5B6355 #767D83
  • Farm Women at Work (1882): #59696A #778664 #959862 #8A8883 #B39D62 #586B5B
  • Gray Weather, Grande Jatte (1886): #CCC9B6 #717056 #74767A #B2A68E #414649 #B69767
  • View of the Seine (1882): #A79A8F #A58269 #45543B #6B767D #6D6E61 #0B1019
  • The Gardener (1882): #A8AF44 #CEBC3B #D8CE70 #3E697F #A6C2C2 #7F984A
  • Clothes on the Grass (1883): #B7AE93 #557A42 #A68257 #99A295 #4C6158 #717E6A
  • Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp (1885): #85ACA6 #665E5B #CDDEE0 #B1A780 #8A7F52 #ADCBC8
  • Study for "a Sunday on la Grande Jatte (1884): #505B4E #AFA762 #717278 #959162 #908A7F #4F4D5F
  • The Stone Breaker (1882): #D4B275 #3E412B #222924 #926E43 #664D31 #BA8C48
  • The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe (1890): #D1DAD5 #EBD3B5 #B0BCAF #D9BC9D #87A8BF #839491
  • The Channel at Gravelines, Evening (1890): #DFD2BA #C7B7A5 #A6AA9C #A38475 #848480 #836357
  • La Luzerne, Saint-Denis (1885): #666038 #947E4A #C1BDAC #5A5B4C #B5A274 #968C74
  • Moored Boats and Trees (1890): #BEAA8B #CEA763 #CC9F3D #6184A1 #295482 #DA931D
  • The Seine at Courbevoie: #868177 #C2BCAF #818693 #787759 #A49971 #7D694D
  • Bron Vid Bineau: #847948 #AAA59A #6B6C4A #7E7E73 #444D4B #5F655C

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