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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 Moreau

Moreau encrusted his mythological scenes with jewel-like color — lapis lazuli blues, ruby reds, and passages of gold that recall Byzantine mosaics. His palette belongs to dreams rather than observation.

Palette: #CFAE78 #714A27 #472D1A #98876D #8B6E49 #B08249 #E8DCC2 #A45D2C

  • Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864): #51584E #1E231D #281C0F #343C37 #413119 #72562F
  • Dejanira (Autumn) (ca. 1872-73): #453313 #2F200A #724F1F #61512A #1C1105 #AA8947
  • Horse Rider (1854): #E5E1C6 #B6B294 #838061 #564C40 #88694B #BA9867
  • Rape of Deianira (1872): #EAD2C0 #987D67 #C9AD9A #5E483D #34272B #231110
  • Self-Portrait (1850): #22211E #383127 #886035 #56402C #DEBA7B #B68B50
  • La Péri: #9D6735 #922E05 #BFAF98 #803F14 #7E4D33 #5B0703
  • Paysage (Etampes): #F0E7D8 #C0AD9D #947F6E #604C3F #100504 #9B804D
  • Péri (Projet D'Éventail): #EAD8C3 #C8AB88 #9F7D57 #6F573D #A9987F #80542A
  • Orpheus (1865): #3F3827 #675938 #CCB673 #28241C #9F9264 #7A7557
  • ピエタ: #5C4734 #432E22 #21181B #7A674A #9B8A69 #CAB891
  • 牢獄のサロメ (c. 1): #442E0B #2E210A #65400B #1D1909 #945D12 #AD7A20
  • Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) (1893): #585D55 #866E53 #C4BDB7 #8F8D81 #7A93B3 #DDC093
  • The Judgement of Paris (1852): #E7B991 #595047 #9D664C #A7947C #2A2931 #151723
  • Venus Rising from the Sea (1866): #85766E #656371 #120B0D #98744F #291C19 #4B2E1A
  • Jupiter and Semele: #242420 #4F4A38 #968E68 #373328 #635231 #757662
  • La Sirène et le Poète (1895): #5F4E36 #8E7F64 #3E301F #885D3D #38536D #586567
  • Ebauche: #14100C #654827 #E7DEC4 #2D231B #8F724D #B5A282
  • Herminie Chez Les Bergers, Copie d'Après le Dominiquin: #513D37 #E6D0B5 #AE937F #362522 #846857 #462013
  • Eventail: #8A6845 #804722 #181717 #A79881 #6D462A #572F1B
  • Péri (la), Éventail: #9E3006 #A36431 #BB8657 #F5ECD5 #B4A48C #823D14
  • Saint Margaret (1873): #AE7C53 #885F45 #6D4935 #402A21 #E6B777 #59382A
  • Moïse, en Vue de la Terre Promise Ôte Ses Sandales (1854): #A0B6B8 #2F231C #513020 #DCB491 #625447 #7C807B
  • Nyx, Night Goddess (1880): #383A2C #222012 #D3B66F #575742 #7D7555 #9D8040
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864): #91847A #643409 #78450B #4A280A #915D14 #0F0A05
  • Orestes and the Erinyes (1891): #3D2317 #5B3920 #844C25 #28140E #A8743B #642F17
  • L'Apparition (1876): #614D3E #B09376 #DBC19C #2F2926 #886A54 #927E69
  • Jacob and the Angel (1878): #2C2A28 #494743 #977F5D #706D64 #100D0D #68553F
  • Jupiter and Semele (1890): #1C1710 #6E5B47 #473421 #1C2931 #2E1A0B #5E401C
  • Death of Sapho (1872): #22201D #484236 #E5DFC4 #796D54 #BFB89D #352519
  • The Parca and the Angel of Death (1890): #211614 #828476 #66512B #3E3021 #967E4B #5F624F
  • The Apparition (1876): #615847 #433931 #71663B #2E2323 #C1B592 #857C66
  • Christ at Gethsemane (1875): #2F2612 #72582A #A29474 #49371C #9A7D4B #776B4E
  • The Travelling Poet (1890): #E6E0BA #8A8562 #211E1A #5B5F54 #312818 #494028
  • Return of the Argonauts (1890): #AF9E99 #E0CEC9 #60666C #776258 #3A383A #C3A082
  • Leda (1870): #5B4D42 #80654F #B18E6A #3D3231 #2E1F25 #A09489
  • The Prodigal Son (1890): #C1BCB4 #645139 #8F7B65 #2C2314 #41311D #5E3C21
  • The Rape of Europe (1868): #A68252 #140E08 #AD9E7D #664D30 #805527 #54504B
  • The Daughters of Thespius (1853): #45362C #221814 #BDAE9C #3F2314 #6B4226 #6E5E4F
  • The Muses Leaving Their Father Apollo to Go and Light the World (1868): #8C7860 #694531 #C9B48F #291619 #A67D53 #614B3C
  • The Suitors (1862): #1D0F0E #412A25 #6D5144 #552D21 #2D1511 #0C0404
  • Lucretia and Tarquin (1850): #F5F0E5 #C5AD7C #967841 #EFDEAE #6F5B3C #0F0503
  • Magdalene on Golgotha (1880): #322728 #51332D #3E1E18 #5D2615 #FEFEF4 #744C3F
  • Martyrdrom (1850): #634C3D #F1D4A5 #956130 #92755C #D29A5F #C4A686
  • Messalina (1874): #99876F #523F36 #372A2A #7C5F47 #64584D #251B22
  • Moses, in Sight of the Promised Land, Takes His Sandals Off (1854): #3C2F21 #70654B #C9AE76 #97967D #53432C #70542C
  • Orpheus on Eurydice's Tomb (1890): #180C0E #5C4A39 #371A17 #412F27 #886E50 #767989
  • Pauline Moreau as the Virgin (1848): #6A4E2D #39281E #1E110F #9F6C34 #95825F #5F5542
  • Persian Poet (1875): #1B1A1A #CDBFB8 #B59478 #2F1F18 #4E3426 #956D4A
  • Poney (1870): #E1C697 #B59C71 #706043 #735023 #8C7B5A #331A09
  • Portrait of by Himself (1850): #23221E #353027 #8E6637 #4A3928 #68492B #E2BF80
  • Prometheus (1868): #2D2427 #CBB2A4 #12151B #534547 #98BCD9 #77839B
  • Prometheus Thunderstruck (1870): #E8D9AB #A88F52 #9D9171 #786138 #120A08 #4D4B42
  • Salome (1874): #583923 #7A512C #3B2B20 #625343 #C2AB7C #9D8051
  • Triumph of Alexander the Great (1873): #ACA194 #DBD4CF #8B6E46 #573E30 #624023 #7C6B58
  • Life of Humanity (1886): #614031 #221418 #8E6C54 #38211E #11060C #44241B
  • Phaéton (1878): #D3B070 #130A09 #E0A953 #9E7A49 #F5E1AC #633720
  • Dejanira (Autumn) (1872): #2E1A13 #482D17 #AF8840 #6A3F17 #886F3D #1A0F0E
  • Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (1876): #8C6A3D #E7D19B #B68945 #674A28 #B19673 #4E3D29
  • Briseis Departure (1859): #A08868 #D5C7B7 #745D4A #C5AB8C #514239
  • Darius, Fleeing After the Battle of Arbela, Stops, Exhausted (1853): #443E34 #6E6958 #9D9881 #675038 #2E2921 #8B7656
  • Diomedes Devoured by His Own Horses (1870): #D9C2A9 #AB916F #816746 #5E3F1B #56402C #341F0F
  • Apollo and the Nine Muses (1856): #040409 #4C4429 #909576 #EFC78C #D2A167 #8C5732
  • Orpheus (1865): #3C3626 #C7B271 #6F6543 #25211B #968655 #58472A
  • Diomede Devoured by His Horses (1865): #1B160C #856741 #634427 #A78E5F #472F1A #C2B490
  • Les Chimères (1884): #BBACA0 #9A887A #786758 #524236 #352824 #73543B
  • Jason (1865): #292015 #CCC29A #735E2C #463D28 #A79969 #181007
  • Orestes and the Erinyes (1875): #422618 #60391F #884B24 #28130D #775634 #A6723C
  • Galatea (1880): #17130C #3C2314 #72421A #332A1E #BCAF7D #A07A3F
  • Hesiod and the Muse (1891): #A7BBAC #808668 #39452B #472C11 #2B1D0D #A87C30
  • The Calvary (1867): #362D22 #836E47 #544630 #1F1A14 #241509
  • The Mermaid and the Poet (1895): #4B4742 #504334 #7B5B3C #796B57 #2E2C28 #A8997C
  • The Childhood of Sixtus V. (1853): #7E5B46 #281910 #C9B5A1 #A98873 #909794 #46392F
  • The Unicorns (1888): #8D9CA0 #646D6D #80643F #4C4D4C #4C3315 #39565B
  • The Toilette (1887): #A99164 #3E4136 #D8B174 #7F6D4C #D7A156 #0F1111
  • Apollo and Daphne (1852): #D4B981 #A08758 #644F3A #775423 #BDA05E #F7E2B5
  • Apollon and Marsyas (1858): #E4B684 #C0915F #AD9B8C #956A3C #A68769 #8E7D70
  • Ariadne and Theseus (1875): #5A5949 #8C846D #3C3D2D #26271A #B9AB93 #17170E
  • King David (1878): #897463 #3F2D21 #E4DACB #201A15 #654E3E #BAAFA1
  • Sappho Falling Into the Abyss (1867): #685831 #563916 #35291B #493B26 #CEBE8E #948453
  • Galathea (1896): #8C795A #5F5241 #332A26 #B5AB93 #4F3B2C #DAD1B9
  • The Voices (1867): #1D1E20 #C6BEA8 #C7CACE #41372D #625240 #886E4C
  • Pietà (1876): #685640 #413027 #1D161B #A08D69 #503523 #684326
  • Salome at the Prison (1873): #39280A #53370C #211908 #70440A #A06C19 #110F06
  • The Young Man and Death (1856): #251F16 #473824 #A38D6F #67583E #DDC7A8 #362718
  • Saint George and the Dragon (1880): #3B3338 #4A3C2E #B0B4BB #7E7D7A #0F0E10 #847555
  • Salomé Dancing Before Herod (1876): #282115 #7B7255 #50482F #3A331F #15100D #674F2A
  • Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) (1893): #525953 #B8BABF #796C58 #A49984 #DDC196 #151A1E
  • Venus Rising from the Sea (1866): #626070 #8B7C73 #110A0C #372A27 #98734E #381F11
  • Cleopatra (1887): #8D887C #BFA988 #2E1C15 #412114 #553F2C #1A0D0B
  • Apollo Victorious Over Python (1885): #52382E #22181C #544742 #342827 #0E080E #C59D66
  • Angels Following the Three Magi (1898): #D8A76E #F8D28F #A97F59 #7D5330 #33292C #AA7539
  • Diomedes Devoured by His Horses (1865): #CB8E58 #3D2012 #4D1B09 #95542A #A18466 #EFC088
  • Hercules and the Stymphalian Birds (1872): #E1B089 #493D2F #886E5F #5B4021 #E1A167 #2D2215
  • The Good Samaritan (1850): #79634F #EEDBB9 #504236 #BFAF98 #332A24 #4A2F1B
  • The Springs (1856): #DEA77E #B5825F #936345 #FBD4A9 #75462D #592814
  • Moses Rescued from the Nile (1893): #572514 #722C16 #372119 #912E14 #B03417 #ECC167
  • Pasiphaë (1880): #79746B #B2AA9D #E0D3BD #45433F #2B2621 #584334
  • Prometheus, Variant (1870): #636061 #424D62 #B29A82 #6D5443 #8B7563 #84A2AC
  • Tyrtaeus (1850): #4D4139 #2A292D #A99273 #705235 #0C2153 #0E2B6A
  • Victim (1850): #362D31 #744A42 #55393A #A4755C #876660 #BEAA97
  • Mystic Flower (1890): #E2EFEC #3D3F2F #9C9B6F #6C6A4B #DBDCBA #8B6040
  • Helen at the Scaean Gate (1888): #B1AFA4 #888884 #352C25 #595248 #837766 #553523
  • Hesiod and the Muses (1882): #3E2E1F #785232 #513721 #C3B6A2 #A4825F #64523D
  • The Chimera (1867): #93875E #68644B #3E311F #6C5530 #524C38 #BF9C61
  • The Infant Moses (1877): #3A2C19 #543B1D #292015 #CFB27E #73552B #9F7D48
  • Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (1876): #29231A #494030 #394340 #1A1612 #AA9060 #614C2D
  • The Martyred Saint Sebastian (1869): #BAAD80 #322D23 #645633 #483D25 #8B7B50 #392D18
  • Perseus and Andromeda (1870): #E5C069 #665128 #B18E46 #493819 #84703A #D3A543
  • Dead Poet Carried by a Centaur (1890): #BCBCBA #505246 #695422 #2F2717 #6C6F8C #483718
  • ŒDipus the Wayfarer (1888): #080808 #413C39 #1C1A17 #281B11 #5D462E #DDCFC6
  • Messaline (1874): #1E1310 #BEA168 #51321B #3B291D #9B7139 #794D27
  • The Dream Haunting the Mogul (1881): #724D2E #6C6250 #A3855C #C3C5C3 #4F2510 #39180C
  • La Mort de Sapho (1876): #261317 #A87C60 #BA6D48 #765948 #422B28 #13080E
  • Phoebus and Boreas (1879): #19111D #91A1B5 #837C79 #352526 #624D44 #484650
  • Le Cantique des Cantiques (1853): #25220F #B8B6AA #76592D #3F2C0E #494328 #17170A
  • Mort de Sapho (1900): #DFBC68 #191A19 #3E403E #D3B275 #BC953D #6C6556
  • Athenians Being Delivered to the Minotaur in the Cretan Labyrinth (1855): #311F15 #AD8541 #533221 #653118 #AF4A23 #895730
  • The Pietà (1867): #8B7746 #4A351C #685127 #9E7A3A #2F2215 #B9964B
  • The Entombment (1867): #B7AE8C #4C3F2C #D9CFB9 #634225 #31281D #76684A
  • Saint Sebastian and the Angel (1876): #6B4627 #A76F37 #BCA06D #412617 #D99D53 #C66A3D
  • Study of a Red Ibis (1900): #ECD3B5 #C1A689 #8C7155 #61452B
  • Nyx, Night Goddess (1880): #393C2E #201E10 #DBBE79 #5C5A43 #A88B48 #807757
  • The Crowning with Thorns (1846): #705130 #3B2F22 #794B1B #B4864F #190E07 #A76E29
  • Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino (1858): #181212 #CDAD7D #977451 #302320 #EEE3C4 #C2BCB0
  • Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1858): #664E3E #302C37 #947960 #2E1216 #4B1114 #B89A7E
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864): #4C544B #1B221D #483116 #342A19 #1F170D #9A7D4F
  • Jacob and the Angel (1876): #2B2818 #47351A #A56B27 #51452B #735A32 #AB9862
  • The Apparition (1876): #7E6B41 #4C381D #6A4E25 #BAA97E #97763E #2D2318
  • Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra (1878): #3A1B13 #1D0C09 #763819 #D7B590 #A47B56 #643926
  • Prometheus (1868): #C5CABE #484B35 #59441D #3A2C11 #282819 #CAB581
  • Jupiter and Semele (1889): #242420 #827B5A #3A372A #544F3A #B4AD87 #695632

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