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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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Gustave Caillebotte

Caillebotte painted modern Paris with a palette tuned to urban light — wet pavement greys, zinc roof blues, and the warm ochres of Haussmann stone.

Palette: #D3BB9B #786436 #888155 #B47B57 #110B09 #9D5533 #DFB469 #B5A94F

  • Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers (1893): #353928 #242318 #897861 #59523B #151610 #977142
  • Villas at Trouville (1884): #A2B3AA #4A6642 #809981 #627E40 #664649 #24452B
  • The Seine at Argenteuil (1892): #98AAA1 #5F6142 #3E4738 #4B7889 #6B682A #606C63
  • Blossoming Tree (1882): #4C6C69 #E5E0DF #528E62 #7C9291 #A5B4B2 #264D47
  • Portraits in the Countryside (1876): #AA9F96 #71747C #3E4347 #867B6D #070609 #21242D
  • Rue Halévy, View from a Balcony (1877): #859AB6 #DACFB2 #B1B0AD #607767 #375955 #56778D
  • Lilacs and Peonies in Two Vases (1883): #96756A #A6A9A1 #536D5F #6C575A #844C45 #80887F
  • Rib of Beef (1882): #B1A4B2 #8E88A4 #942C1D #D8B196 #B36040 #574465
  • Gardeners (1877): #B59C79 #B2C3DC #725B5F #363328 #976943 #0A0907
  • Villa at Trouville (1882): #ADB6BA #ABB975 #52654E #7A8A5A #889580 #303B41
  • Cottage in Trouville (1882): #A0A936 #84A6B2 #585C32 #FCFDE2 #727A21 #8E8E4A
  • Angling (1878): #473D21 #735E2F #201D0C #150E04 #554112 #34290C
  • The Yellow Boat (1891): #7A92A3 #8E9484 #B7BFB1 #DCD5A8 #536B81 #47453B
  • Young Man Playing the Piano (Martial Caillebotte) (1876): #3F2F27 #AD8972 #F6ECE5 #1E1613 #D7B49C #7F6051
  • Melon (1882): #AC9575 #7A6B54 #554A3B #543F21 #362B23 #1A0F0C
  • Les Orangers (1878): #948F99 #2E3320 #1B2015 #A0923A #6A6766 #B19D70
  • Boating on the Yerres (1877): #A0AE94 #E0E5B6 #323D2A #131A10 #586348 #708C90
  • Skiffs (1877): #57837D #16373A #325A59 #DABF7F #959371 #739DA7
  • Arbre en Fleurs De: #2E5657 #E6E1E1 #4E8C63 #A6B0B2 #5D7C7A #CCAF9D
  • Arbre en Fleurs De: #4A6C69 #E3DDDD #6BA070 #7E8E8E #1F3134 #274D4A
  • Fruit Displayed on a Stand: #AFBACB #BEA55A #818FA7 #56677B #7F7C72 #C48C1D
  • Giroflées: #642925 #A79EB8 #7E7DAA #382D56 #7B2623 #5C5F96
  • The Orange Trees (1878): #938E97 #272D1B #686461 #F4E9DA #9D9836 #C8C3D2
  • The Plain of Gennevilliers, Yellow Fields (1884): #B1B9C0 #BFB56A #969C6C #809380 #D7C25A #C1B784
  • Luncheon of the Boating Party: #C69073 #B38B42 #A89376 #714D34 #362F26 #585144
  • The Argenteuil Bridge and the Seine (1883): #738EA4 #586075 #3E4359 #6F7278 #262B3E #43638C
  • Boats Moored on the Seine at Argenteuil (1892): #AAB2B9 #C2BFB3 #7A8996 #677FA4 #495968 #36414F
  • Portrait de Camille Daurelle (1877): #9BB36D #949B95 #718AA1 #CAC4AB #37434B #65716C
  • Portrait de Camille Daurelle dans le Jardin D'Yerre (1877): #A0A99B #4B8198 #416B5A #4F7F58 #235E7C #739DAE
  • Woodland Lake (1878): #989483 #404136 #C3BFAD #4D3E22 #27251B #6F6041
  • Garden at Trouville (1882): #AC9852 #9BA49E #141E1C #54583A #6A6430 #354236
  • Billards (Unfinished) (1875): #A27B61 #3D2D2F #171C25 #714D41 #5F3331 #414445
  • Banks of the Yerres (1878): #424430 #2A2C1D #948D7A #6E6853 #1B1D12 #544230
  • La Place Saint-Augustin (1880): #C1B4A5 #828488 #475340 #7A775A #AA9D79 #5F616A
  • The Plain of Gennevilliers from the Hills of Argenteuil (1888): #ECD5B2 #C2B878 #999A6A #BDB7C7 #7C796F #CDB5A5
  • The Kitchen Garden, Yerres (1876): #ACA69C #72808E #364A51 #4F616C #A6ADB9 #E4DDC9
  • Portrait of Maurice Hugo as Child (1884): #726567 #4C3E3D #393B46 #BCACB0 #E2B09A #856A51
  • Rue du Mont-Cenis, Montmartre (1880): #606D60 #888963 #818E89 #404B43 #52573A #868948
  • Drying Laundry at the Bank of the Seine, Petit Gennevilliers (1888): #ADBCAB #729341 #212E1D #C0B783 #939464 #7E8D85
  • Branch of the Seine, Effect in Autumn (1890): #92BEC7 #468FC0 #417077 #778F7C #6FAAC6 #3F594F
  • The Banks of the Seine (1891): #DDD9DD #464B4D #7D6761 #AB8A72 #7A7E80 #A6A5A6
  • The Hill of Colombes (1884): #679D46 #C2D3D3 #B39988 #679E23 #3E7C37 #91B478
  • Balcony, Boulevard Haussmann (1880): #D5C5BC #110809 #8F8243 #7B625A #C3B475 #AA9385
  • Nasturces (1892): #C57A4F #E5A279 #AEBC96 #994A20 #EEBA9E #A66844
  • Wild Garden at le Petit Gennevilliers (1880): #DEDBCB #537D57 #1D513C #7F854C #AAAC66 #CCB636
  • Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1873): #1F231E #4B402E #A45835 #AB8B69 #EDD59D #D2B891
  • Yellow Orchids (1893): #A7866C #564838 #C1AFA7 #3D3127 #785D40 #7C7467
  • Study for Dahlias, Garden in Petit Gennevilliers: #676B6C #3F483F #EDE3D2 #CBBDA9 #8B8276 #8D949D
  • The Floor Scrapers (1876): #B6865F #805B48 #59413E #3A3035 #ECD9CB #87756E
  • A Man Docking His Skiff (1878): #CEB6BA #74665C #433A40 #C2AF7C #968969 #786C43
  • Landscape with Railway Tracks (1872): #EBCECE #674D56 #A49C82 #EDD3EC #B9A6B9 #8F7A7F
  • Woman Seated Beneath a Tree (1874): #544130 #3B281B #9A8861 #2F170F #725F42 #DDC68A
  • Willows at the Banks of the Yerres (1872): #949294 #6C5331 #3A3030 #57402F #8D6838 #625854
  • Naked Woman Lying on a Couch (1873): #A88F9B #936D68 #382547 #79606D #DFC7D7 #D7B0A7
  • The Painter Morot in His Studio (1874): #33211D #1A110F #543B31 #5F3528 #44231F #825038
  • Horses in the Stable (1874): #8B5B68 #C08281 #EEA597 #5C3341 #844B4D #FAB489
  • Landscape with Haystacks (1874): #DFAF9D #6F5A34 #CD8953 #413128 #9B6B42 #7D4C33
  • Reddish Bay Horse in the Stable (ca. 1871-78): #9D684F #543230 #2D1719 #E1AA81 #744840 #16080C
  • Dark Bay Horse in the Stable (ca. 1871-78): #2C1D20 #C1794E #865546 #E6B48A #513736 #150A0C
  • Man on a Balcony (1880): #F6ECD8 #4A312F #D0A464 #775144 #A37A69 #D0AB8B
  • Le Déjeuner (1876): #150C11 #4F3529 #9A7D60 #E8D3C8 #6E594F #302020
  • Boat Moored on the Seine at Argenteuil (1884): #4D77A0 #88A6B4 #3C5366 #333E39 #2D5684 #51553D
  • Dahlias, Garden at Petit Gennevilliers (1893): #174241 #C8D1C3 #628586 #082625 #97B8B2 #88B5CE
  • Les Raboteurs de Parquet (Study) (1875): #807E5C #4D4A3E #AEAD84 #65624B #E2DEBD #4F4A27
  • The Piano Lesson (1879): #050B0A #14202F #C9C0B9 #1A1E18 #5E5F5A #C08A57
  • White and Yellow Chrysanthemums. Petit Gennevilliers Garden (1893): #A2918B #2D2B25 #676253 #D1C5C1 #B99B4D #A16764
  • Oarsmen Rowing on the Yerres (1877): #2E5A29 #173819 #497741 #9E6836 #EAD690 #CB723B
  • Avenue of the Villa des Fleurs in Trouville (1883): #82847E #456C60 #798E4F #CBC8AF #4C514A #224C2D
  • The Yellow Fields at Gennevilliers (1884): #CFCCBF #628E55 #C5B547 #A5B05C #7DA14E #746D34
  • The Bank of the Seine at Petit Gennevilliers (1890): #BAB9A9 #2B312D #6985A5 #666D62 #414B47 #171C1A
  • Boulevard des Italiens. (1880): #4E3D41 #E9D7B0 #9C7A5D #77605F #9B8482 #171012
  • Iris Bleus, Jardin du Petit Gennevilliers (1892): #0D4737 #1E6049 #4E6763 #0B3432 #7398B6 #497BA5
  • Halévy Street, View from the Seventh Floor (1878): #C5C2BA #959DA2 #6C7D8D #51616F #C0AE92 #968372
  • Winter Landscape (1887): #D4D8CC #141010 #BFC8D4 #A6A7A0 #2F1D12 #6D573B
  • Woman Seated on a Red-Flowered Sofa (1882): #1D1714 #3D312D #582019 #411C15 #702A20 #F2D99E
  • The Path in the Garden (1886): #8F807B #353933 #585F52 #CEC2AF #718C53 #ABC677
  • Sailboats at Anchor on the Seine, in Argenteuil (1883): #A79781 #7D6B54 #5A462C #51463C #A27E51 #372F27
  • Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit Gennevilliers (1893): #343625 #948268 #60563F #1D1C13 #8E6B3F #562C22
  • Studio Interior with a Stove (1873): #5F3930 #804D3F #231717 #684C4D #A3786E #463233
  • Sunflowers Along the Seine (1885): #777E8A #4F5B63 #7F947C #A5A9AA #374043 #292D30
  • Calf's Head and Ox Tongue (1882): #98928E #626D73 #8C6967 #98544E #C8C1B3 #B58D80
  • The Plain of Gennevilliers, Yellow Fields (1884): #B2BAC1 #CCBD63 #8B9884 #ABA879 #AEA95B #D8C142
  • Fruit Displayed on a Stand (1881): #BCC6D4 #929EB6 #C28A1C #091616 #C3AB66 #A58E5A
  • Portrait of the Bookseller E.j Fontaine (1885): #150B0C #D8C6AF #754932 #846E57 #C99D74 #534233
  • On the Pont de L’Europe (1870): #708B9E #304450 #466578 #D6D6D3 #A8B6C1 #1A2730
  • Mademoiselle Boissière Knitting (1877): #8D8C8E #30262A #5A392C #B1480C #636061 #7B4828
  • Richard Gallo and His Dog at Petit Gennevilliers (1884): #6E6B51 #70A0C8 #4F6359 #949387 #293231 #40432C
  • The Bezique Game (1881): #130C0E #C7A9A5 #2A2124 #998281 #483E3F #3F2220
  • Boating Party (1878): #1C1110 #686044 #3F3623 #B0A591 #92643B #653A23
  • Portrait of Richard Gallo (1881): #2E2720 #F4F1DF #787B51 #C67D49 #DFAF6D #A89762
  • The Uphill Path (1881): #5A7557 #9BA284 #718179 #39543F #4D5A5B #8F9B5A
  • Bouquet of Roses in a Cristal Vase (1883): #342E31 #9EA4AA #211F22 #5A585A #777E85 #C4B9AE
  • Les Raboteurs de Parquet (1875): #373121 #85796A #554E3D #15120A #241E0B #C1AB98
  • Bathers (1878): #7C826D #535B54 #99945E #7E8BAD #E1DCCF #646435
  • Henri Cordier (1883): #6A5D5A #433B3C #211E22 #A38E7B #C3A98E #3C191A
  • The Yerres, Effect of Rain (1875): #44522B #6E441E #7B7B4F #1A2E10 #252617 #A39B6C
  • A Balcony in Paris (1880): #E09C6F #AF7D6E #1B2225 #955C47 #5D4545 #774E42
  • Voiliers à Argenteuil (1888): #A6C1B3 #7B9592 #C1AE7E #3C4946 #D9D6B3 #637369
  • Les Périssoires (1878): #8CA39F #697A71 #5F5F4B #2D342A #A69B92 #CDD0CC
  • The Wall of the Kitchen Garden, Yerres (1877): #221B0E #857423 #857F71 #78461E #46341C #E4AD64
  • Kitchen Garden, Petit Gennevilliers (1882): #D9C19D #B3895F #574532 #8F7B65 #7F6335 #B08F3F
  • The Gardener (1877): #584D30 #B99E98 #B2BFF0 #38362A #83735A #E3D9CF
  • The Park on the Caillebotte Property at Yerres (1875): #777B49 #877460 #1C2E24 #424D43 #919D77 #AC9F8A
  • Promenade at Argenteuil (1883): #729757 #CFD2C9 #4F775E #294E3C #849D88 #6C6F63
  • Portrait of Pierre Rabot (1892): #0A0D0D #292924 #9A6131 #F0EEDF #B3AA83 #77715B
  • Portrait of Jules Dubois (1885): #170F10 #B9A5A0 #52444E #2E2427 #7E594E #847178
  • Portrait Jules Richemont (1879): #170F0F #DFD2C8 #A7978B #3C2C2D #7D695F #A97647
  • The Swimmer (1877): #7B8670 #989969 #566B60 #3A4F23 #BCB699 #182E19
  • Portrait of Monsieur R (1877): #A3B1C7 #3F628D #0F1C31 #21395F #6A81A1 #4B5366
  • A Soldier (1881): #ADAFAF #A1907D #375073 #7C8C99 #21282A #6F625D
  • Hyacinths, Garden of Petit Gennevilliers (1890): #296F26 #E1DDC7 #245636 #4F8A56 #534E4A #326951
  • Garden at Yerres (ca. 1876): #AE887C #57422C #F4E2C8 #795F48 #322117 #986A43
  • Regatta at Argenteuil (1893): #BCBCAB #2E3C43 #7F8083 #586170 #72634F #999AA6
  • Banks of the Seine in Petit-Gennevilliers (1892): #8B877D #342B13 #595316 #483A16 #221A0A #A78E6F
  • Seascape, Trouville (1882): #B0AA9F #787666 #454A41 #9E936E #C9B797 #DCD2C0
  • Factories in Argenteuil (1888): #C8C8CB #A3A3B4 #515B70 #797E86 #727CA3 #273E15
  • Square in Argenteuil (1883): #A89991 #98A573 #E6985A #BA936F #636358 #F3EDD1
  • Boat Harbor Near Port-Marly (1891): #B19D82 #4C3418 #9A6C37 #88734D #64502E #46471F
  • Skiffs (1877): #676850 #221819 #434832 #E4CC9E #EAAA3D #A8804F

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