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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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Guido Reni

Reni pursued divine beauty through silvery luminosity. His late palette of pale blues, lilacs, and pearlescent flesh tones achieves an ethereal, almost weightless spirituality.

Palette: #533C29 #C9B08D #7B5433 #6A3218 #A17B54 #AB652C #C89355 #9B3920

  • Maria Magdalena (1627): #211D16 #937A55 #42311C #505542 #5E2D23 #68522F
  • Man van Smarten (1630): #362D1F #211C14 #705D3E #52412B #A08866 #14130D
  • Slapende Putto (1627): #2E2215 #997D4A #735222 #4D3119 #603F1C
  • Adoration of the Magi (1642): #6D675B #38352A #B7B3AD #4F493D #A5997F #CFC191
  • Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (1600): #2F2F29 #454336 #6D684C #8E6E48 #604733 #B79B6B
  • The Toilet of Venus (ca. 1620): #28221B #5B4529 #4D463E #BDB395 #7F6D52 #9F8D71
  • Charity (ca. 1630): #201813 #79532C #BAAA82 #C99D68 #48321D #B16B44
  • The Immaculate Conception (1627): #BA915B #A06D38 #AF9492 #7F8291 #5B6684 #89684E
  • Sfânta Magdalena: #161B23 #2B231A #191410 #080F16 #463A23 #A89263
  • Moartea Cleopatrei: #2D2E1C #C9B46D #1D2013 #58502B #897C46 #3C2D17
  • Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (abou): #130808 #826F61 #5D2A1C #411914 #792E16 #B5A190
  • Atalanta and Hippomenes: #2A1A13 #463126 #DCC6A4 #150905 #2A2A32 #9A8372
  • Blessed Soul: #785E4F #4E3C35 #362B25 #B7886D #B07245 #7E4D43
  • Cleopatra ((164): #A29084 #645654 #7B4E42 #38373F #5C2E2C #573F39
  • ルクレティア (c. 1): #BEB698 #030C12 #8C8364 #DCD7C4 #6E5D3F #463D2D
  • Magdalene with the Jar of Ointment ((164): #4E4A4E #7F5546 #A77B61 #5C3B38 #6D7074 #C89D7F
  • Penitent Magdalene ((163): #332621 #856244 #593D30 #C19262 #161210 #040303
  • Polyphemus: #7E6C62 #5C4C46 #322C2B #B6785E #814B3D #16171A
  • Portrait of a Girl with a Crown: #373E49 #7E5D47 #C6B098 #A18772 #55362F #262328
  • Saint Joseph and the Christ Child (1640): #38271E #1B0D0F #C69961 #351308 #4F1B09 #A37C4C
  • Saint Sebastian: #1C1510 #323433 #715F41 #322519 #38404B #A68F6B
  • Saint Sebastian (1615): #140F12 #AB9072 #2C2020 #5B626F #72594A #CEB58E
  • The Penitent Magdalene: #846B50 #B4A69B #5F4833 #502A11 #423122 #704E27
  • The Infant Jesus and St. John: #856E66 #9B6C55 #574943 #C6977F #696466 #38312E
  • Europa and the Bull (17<s): #54514F #D5C6BD #551303 #787575 #3A0D03 #0D0605
  • Lucretia (17th): #1B141E #C5AB84 #806B54 #32161D #0E101C #461E1F
  • St John the Baptist in the Wilderness (c.16): #150D08 #818E9F #C9B6A8 #75583F #A68971 #5D6868
  • Saint Luke Holding a Paint Brush and Palette: #CCBDA6 #877B6A #A79A87 #5A5144 #40382E
  • Abduction of Deianira (1620): #4D2824 #DCB08C #9F624C #663428 #614944 #927969
  • Hercules on the Pyre (1617): #171D29 #4E687A #80644E #374B5B #AA7F5B #9E9984
  • The Rape of Helen (1631): #A0BADD #241E11 #998B69 #583E1E #7F9FC9 #54503C
  • Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist (1606): #A8A18A #79685A #221A19 #4A312E #D8DFCC #0B0A0A
  • Judith (1620): #271D17 #3F291B #0E0D0D #553F22 #7A5B21 #C4B689
  • The Death of Cleopatra (1625): #0C1A1B #938B71 #D4C4B1 #1E3131 #334545 #535E5A
  • Charity (1630): #E3C190 #16120D #C98553 #9F8961 #835C2D #EFE4C2
  • Saint Sebastian (1625): #1B140F #323434 #2C2217 #957F5D #5F5036 #39414B
  • Mary Magdalene Between Two Angels (1600): #271D0E #483B22 #150F04 #5F3F1D #D29E5D #7D5325
  • Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1630): #857061 #170F0E #49261E #632D1D #B6A593 #2E1712
  • Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist (1640): #4C4533 #7B6F55 #2E2D28 #765635 #A86241 #BA9C76
  • Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist (1639): #2B2618 #6C5642 #1B180D #4B3022 #454129 #32210A
  • The Fall of the Giants (1616): #251C13 #3B2A1D #482817 #343942 #905838 #5D4C38
  • Troen. Allegorisk Kvindefigur (1616): #8D7258 #664D3F #4C3431 #B89A75 #382529 #D4B78F
  • Bacchus and Ariadne (1619): #6F8EC2 #413322 #D2B68F #7F613F #98B1DA #71481B
  • Portrait of Cardinal Roberto Ubaldini, Papal Legate to Bologna (1627): #211618 #C27B7F #494A49 #3B2021 #8C3737 #DFD5DC
  • The Assumption of Mary: #352D23 #685E4B #6B452E #AD7F49 #221F19 #3D261D
  • St Joseph with Infant Christ in His Arms (1620): #161213 #331610 #502515 #9C9699 #6A351A #977556
  • Fathers of the Church Disputing the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1631): #7A3603 #201308 #301106 #562D0C #AC5E07 #770208
  • Construction of Noah's Ark (1608): #0E0F0E #231E11 #796631 #3F361D #513E18 #A1894A
  • David with the Head of Goliath (1600): #2D2312 #4D3D24 #1E140A #E6CEA1 #6A5C42 #89724D
  • Risen Christ (1620): #2C2313 #242A29 #1C170C #402D14 #4C4C44 #BAA063
  • Assumption of the Virgin (1637): #B17256 #191618 #7C482D #442D25 #674333 #4D4952
  • Self-Portrait (1635): #292323 #D5BBA0 #A48D76 #7B6052 #BE9F83 #553A32
  • Lucretia (1636): #C4BC9F #040C12 #92896A #736547 #463E2F #A68E4A
  • Pala della Peste (1631): #CD9872 #866155 #D6BCA3 #A86247 #25201F #793C2D
  • The Coronation of the Virgin (1607): #2F302F #5E3F14 #8B7564 #51412E #826637 #5B6063
  • Saint Jerome (1625): #29201A #87765A #423428 #3F231B #61513D #672D28
  • The Adoration of the Shepherds (1640): #26201A #393D42 #4B3A2D #957A69 #B69F90 #805E45
  • Christ Embracing Saint John the Baptist (1600): #573B2C #886B50 #2A1F19 #4A2D18 #392619 #694C31
  • Lot and His Daughters Leaving Sodom (1615): #251F1A #937652 #602C20 #453826 #3D2418 #17110F
  • Saint Mary Magdalene (1634): #372F20 #5A4A2C #252117 #897D5A #361B11 #743224
  • Susannah and the Elders (1625): #16120E #2B1A11 #391D0F #979176 #42341D #665B3E
  • Maria Magdalena (1637): #674A30 #C6B08E #8F714D #2B1F1A #453021 #AD8964
  • The Virgin of the Chair (1624): #28231D #776641 #4E3E2C #3E4A74 #657095 #943726
  • Girl with a Rose (1630): #21221A #544731 #B4AE95 #352914 #998E6F #7B6B4D
  • Cleopatra (1640): #222213 #B5AEA3 #432516 #554D3B #834D31 #8E867A
  • Cupid (1637): #93938F #5F563F #678495 #D7BEA3 #947B5C #BD9878
  • Moses with Pharoah's Crown (1640): #483722 #714E26 #AD8961 #2C2413 #7C6852 #563210
  • Education of the Virgin Mary (1640): #6E6566 #A08775 #503F39 #CFC2B4 #312727 #CB9C7B
  • Repentance of St Peter (1635): #21130D #36200D #6B350C #C48F36 #6C4E1D #523311
  • The Young David (1620): #5E5447 #BDA885 #3E2B1D #634D32 #8F795A #231711
  • The Baptism of Christ (1622): #232117 #573E1D #0F0D0A #4D5950 #B18648 #CBB17B
  • Penitent Saint Peter (1637): #292219 #54361D #714321 #413529 #0C0C0C #CB9965
  • Saint John the Baptist in the Desert (1638): #442509 #5F594D #281403 #28220F #895F35 #613B16
  • Saint James the Greater (1636): #5F360E #C58D46 #8E571D #C26907 #A64E03 #381302
  • Polyphemus (1639): #75645B #53443E #312B2A #B87960 #1A191B #804A3C
  • Magdalene with the Jar of Ointment (1640): #4F4C4F #8D624E #C79C7F #68423B #6F7277 #3E3135
  • Penitent Magdalene (1637): #322521 #886445 #52382D #6B4B37 #C29364 #191310
  • The Infant Jesus and St. John (1640): #A97D66 #60534E #82726D #855946 #D1A68E #35302C
  • Angel of Annunciation (1635): #362926 #9A795B #191615 #61493C #CEB18A #E6D5BA
  • Mary of Annunciation (1635): #3F2D2C #262229 #8B6D56 #63463D #E8CF9D #6376B7
  • The Holy Trinity Adored by Angels (1575-1642): #3F3410 #604410 #695C2A #A3863E #835D1A #2C250D
  • Cleopatra and the Asp (1575-1642): #312613 #A77A2D #20180A #88632A #CCA73D #614420
  • Madonna in Grief (1575-1642): #171511 #170805 #28120A #050506 #391F11 #53331C
  • Saint Michael Casting Out Satan (1575-1642): #412E1C #65461D #BA6E3F #9C8965 #62462C #482E09
  • An Allegory of Painting: a Man and a Woman Embodying 'Disegno' and 'Colore (1575-1642): #3C361F #100F06 #79401C #AE8162 #975E3D #5C2E0F
  • A Choir of Angels Singing and Playing Musical Instruments with God the Father Above (1575-1642): #483526 #745F41 #604431 #845038 #98845E #BAA475
  • Aurora and the Chariot of the Sun Driven by Apollo (1575-1642): #7A6F64 #C4A769 #7B502C #9F7F54 #53433D #5D3019
  • Beatrice Cenci (1577-99): #2F291F #9C8457 #4F3F28 #76603B #675E4C
  • Mary Magdalen Standing Full-Length with a View of an Extensive Landscape Beyond (1575-1642): #413224 #74402A #573725 #6E573A #A65035 #AB8556
  • Madonna del Velo" with Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. (1608): #1B1D1E #BF785E #BDB0A0 #4E5552 #87877B #8E613C
  • Massacre of the Innocents (1611): #2B251F #161310 #4C473F #352215 #705235 #B1814B
  • Annunciation (1629): #D3E0D7 #6A8982 #346264 #857B37 #D6D67F #B2AD62
  • Saint Matthew and the Angel (1620): #100C11 #877460 #2C1714 #453029 #774A29 #1D0F0F
  • The Rape of Europa (1637): #657181 #565858 #643F46 #93807C #3D3833 #754728
  • Ecce Homo (1639): #71594C #221B19 #8B6338 #AA8C75 #58351A #46362F
  • Saint Francis (1622): #170707 #2A110B #81887E #493325 #835834 #51260F
  • Man of Sorrows (1665): #423223 #292018 #77593A #A57F5B #1A1711 #301A14
  • Sleeping Putto (1663): #302116 #A77B45 #7A4A1E #522D19 #8C6130 #673E20
  • Cleopatra with the Asp (1630): #171810 #958C73 #6E5B4F #BDB992 #4D342F #36211B
  • The Purification of the Virgin (1636): #432D2D #735850 #282222 #B68E73 #A45948 #572D29
  • Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter (1620): #9FAA96 #5D2C11 #60A3BD #311C0E #904C18 #50543C
  • Hercules Slaying the Hydra of Lerna (1617): #232219 #342917 #4C391E #886031 #684A24 #12110A
  • Hercules and Achelous (1617): #161923 #435870 #292E3A #AE9272 #9C928D #71645F
  • The Madonna in Prayer (1575-1642): #9F6C2E #644A24 #D7A14D #1C170B #433017 #A35C2A
  • The Abduction of Helen (1575-1642): #2C2A24 #3E3125 #5B3F2D #887458 #494D47 #20190F
  • Susanna and the Elders (1575-1642): #2B1F0C #12100A #4B2A10 #B18957 #CEAC7A #942308
  • Bacchanals (1575-1642): #4A351F #2B2313 #8D6642 #73401D #1C1A0D #502B12
  • The Madonna and Sleeping Child (1575-1642): #18170F #5C4423 #2E2213 #946B38 #43331B #391F13
  • Saint Cecilia (1575-1642): #232028 #423332 #D3C3A3 #7D4030 #65322B #4C2824
  • Nativity (1575-1642): #3E3A3A #222123 #594137 #635C58 #887868 #B4A38B
  • Salome with the Head of the Baptist (1575-1642): #2E2921 #1D1911 #483622 #6C5538 #8E704B #2D2011
  • The Flight Into Egypt (1575-1642): #142823 #5F4024 #AA834D #4E230D #662C0F #281C0E
  • Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (1575-1642): #2F2A28 #181716 #977D6F #5B5450 #C4AB98 #5A3A2C
  • The Penitent Magdalene (1635): #866D53 #B3A499 #634D36 #443324 #64441E #552311
  • Portrait of Girl with a Crown (1640): #373E48 #82644D #C7AF96 #A48A76 #623F33 #382A28
  • Blessed Soul (1640): #785E4F #4F3D35 #372C26 #B5856B #AE7145 #DCAF86
  • The Triumph of Job: #2F251E #57503F #938258 #F5F3F0 #ECCF76 #DB9B4D
  • The Assumption of Virgin Mary (1638): #B98C48 #AC9880 #877054 #645039 #082347 #073568
  • Madonna in Estasi (1610): #5E514B #20170B #99775A #3B2B19 #61462B #C49F7B
  • Magdalena Med Kors: #342820 #554232 #8B6B4F #1D1B18 #40241B
  • Drinking Bacchus (1622): #E4CE96 #B8CBD6 #936B45 #51573B #BB9561 #6B472E
  • Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1625): #190F0F #322015 #582312 #3B1E0F #52381A #664B22
  • Christ Appearing to the Virgin (1608): #110E0E #271A11 #A18B6F #453525 #5F2D13 #412010
  • David and Abigail (1617): #191715 #5C6768 #6F402E #EAB65B #DAD1BB #DD2421
  • Saint Ursula (1642): #A0846B #402813 #EAC08B #A77E44 #1D1605 #6C4C2A
  • The Circumcision of Christ (1636): #B88770 #81534C #2F2121 #542E2E #D6B69B #725F65
  • Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (1649): #33322B #6F674A #5A4B37 #97774E #22221F #B1976A
  • Heads of Two Elders (Fragment from Susannah and the Elders): #1B130E #56341E #321E12 #412718 #6E5334 #847C5A
  • Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns (1630): #5F4B2C #320D0C #CEC1A1 #402714 #A2916F #1E0201
  • The Angel Appearing to St. Jerome (1638): #171B15 #9C8867 #361A11 #543C1E #785F38 #667589
  • Christ at the Column (1604): #272420 #171513 #CFC88E #786A2E #453A17 #E2DEC4
  • Madonna and Child with Angels (1631): #E3CBAB #64574E #2B3747 #CC986E #A5917C #9E4739
  • Reclining Venus with Cupid (1639): #582E2D #EDD6AD #CAB28E #786856 #AD7C5E #C7A179
  • Head of Christ (1575-1642): #79716A #E7DDC3 #4F4946 #967B5D #B3A590 #362E2A
  • Miss Fane (Sometimes Known as 'Lucretia') (1575-1642): #403F35 #97825A #665D45 #C8AB79 #2E2B25 #564733
  • Cupid with His Bow (1575-1642): #3E3726 #B29567 #8A6B3F #252117 #655C42 #554221
  • Three Female Figures (1575-1642): #645634 #241E12 #9C7A47 #CDAF7F #6A3D17 #0D0D08
  • The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt (1637): #0C0C0F #3D211A #A45D27 #61291B #F9F0D3 #7A4420
  • Portrait of the Artist's Mother (1609): #1B1A1A #9E8E70 #6A5846 #2F2926 #D8C3A1 #473931
  • Christ Crucified (1636): #190F17 #44403C #797160 #48331C #D7BEA4 #2A2224
  • The Gathering of the Manna (1619): #4D3E42 #2D2022 #191212 #A23A32 #4F2623 #7E6862
  • The Extasy of Mary Magdalene (1634): #202128 #54504C #8F8679 #0B0C12 #38393B #B4905C
  • Venus and Cupid (1626): #0A0907 #B9A78A #907553 #504E45 #694728 #251006
  • Portrait of a Woman (1638): #2C261E #D1C9B2 #684A21 #C0A678 #9A7846 #9F9981
  • Sparre Collection: #B39077 #55370C #270F03 #89654C #6C4A2B #7D5519
  • Adoration of the Shepherds (Reni) (1630-42): #312423 #785F56 #523A36 #E1D1C1 #CFB397 #B79175
  • Crucifixion of Saint Peter (1604): #332A30 #111820 #B88659 #412D29 #1F1D1A #593E35
  • David Decapitates David (1607): #292825 #474A47 #473933 #858F92 #C6BEAD #8F4840
  • Archangel Michael Defeats Satan (1630): #0D0A0F #2E2424 #6D2F20 #4C2218 #7F4E37 #C3846F
  • Fighting Putti (1625): #272325 #453630 #D9B28B #6D4C3C #AA7D5B #101418
  • The Conversion of Saul: #394147 #28292B #653623 #392118 #8B877D #8C5D3D
  • The Triumph of Aurora: #C0A471 #785B3E #4D3726 #9F7D54 #B8873A #975C25
  • Medallions Depicting the Life and Passion of Jesus (1597): #9B6F5E #543430 #734D42 #C5997F #351C18 #522A1F
  • Peter and Paul (1605): #2E2324 #C57C63 #452D32 #9A5A4C #76423A #5A3532
  • Joseph (1641): #7E5649 #372322 #5A312D #B48568
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1606): #383626 #59553C #BF9556 #816D3E #483B20 #D3C69C
  • Saint Jean Baptiste Caressant l'Agneau Sans Tache (1650): #231911 #422E1D #705036 #C6A78A #7D7771 #A17F62
  • Portrait of Pope Gregory XV (1622): #180E0E #AAA598 #660B10 #7F1214 #382F2E #4E0A0F
  • An Allegory of Painting (1575-1642): #1C1B16 #121007 #36220F #5C3614 #22190A #7F4E1A
  • Saint Mary Magdalen: #2B1D0F #734722 #856F4A #452B15 #564D36 #A34525
  • St Francis in Ecstasy (1575-1642): #19120D #60441F #806A45 #2F1D0E #46230A #CDB58D
  • The Virgin and Sleeping Child (1606): #191710 #E6B172 #51180E #8B683C #772416 #C38852
  • The Virgin Sewing (1606): #967451 #894820 #20150D #4C2E1A #D5B692 #694F36

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