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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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Henri Fantin-Latour

Fantin-Latour's flower paintings achieve a chromatic delicacy unmatched in the nineteenth century. Roses emerge from dark grounds in passages of pink, cream, and celadon.

Palette: #8C7E62 #574B3C #5D4426 #3D2C19 #C6AB7E #A97738 #C69B46 #7D4018

  • Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James (1867): #3D2217 #BCA698 #D0CCC4 #271F1A #917C75 #493B34
  • Tannhäuser (1886): #4E4634 #332F24 #837355 #AB9471 #4A3423 #26221C
  • Madame Lerolle (1882): #575347 #D5CAAF #9D927D #7B6D59 #493B32 #37312B
  • Roses in a Vase (1878): #5E4519 #39260A #342F1A #271C0B #A89466 #836F47
  • Liggende Naakte Vrouw (1874): #261D14 #6F5731 #4D3C21 #392A19 #140F0C
  • Jonge Vrouw Onder Een Boom Bij Zonsondergang, Genaamd 'Herfst (1855): #362B1A #201812 #584A2E #725D39 #604521 #160E0C
  • Esquisse pour l'Hommage à Delacroix (1863): #16100C #706546 #292014 #50462C #3D311C #968965
  • Bloemen Uit Normandië (1887): #7E714E #51452B #36311B #252015 #B9AD81 #542B18
  • Stilleven Met Fruit (1880): #362618 #231812 #756036 #613A1F #443D20 #441E17
  • Duchess de Fitz-James (1867): #534120 #C4A889 #7B7174 #9A7A5B #231711 #402E1F
  • Mr and Mrs Edwin Edwards (1875): #24221D #4C432B #393322 #7A6A4B #2E2215
  • A Plate of Apples (1861): #070203 #530303 #690404 #400503 #9D6014 #920C05
  • Self-Portrait (1860): #7D9A7C #090604 #5A4305 #584D23 #2A1408 #08231D
  • Vase aux Pommes et Feuillage: #C3C5CA #546553 #9EA2B0 #7E8B73 #A5AE8C #3E2429
  • Fantin Latour Autoportrait Mbalyon (1859): #1C120D #8A755A #311F11 #4A321E #6A4F34 #5C4F40
  • Zinnias: #6B5336 #533D24 #302E1A #402414 #1E1D11 #7A3516
  • Self-Portrait (1861): #85785A #2A2621 #5A4834 #3E3123 #A39979
  • The Crucifixion (After Paolo Veronese) (1854): #6D744B #958E53 #A5701F #7F5318 #2F4331 #C3A04F
  • Asters and Fruit on a Table (1868): #695D4E #16161B #998468 #BCAC86 #3B1B1C #9F723F
  • Blumenstillleben: #3A3132 #544844 #937F6B #6F6056 #242020 #B6A68D
  • Un Coin de Table (1872): #282620 #514731 #9A815D #736648 #E7D3B0 #CAAD82
  • Dawn: #342210 #4F3212 #231B0E #461F0E #7B5F29 #68350E
  • Dusk (Unkn): #342A20 #503922 #6C5025 #83652C #A3853C
  • Fleurs et Fruits (1865): #A09A7A #433421 #76612F #665D40 #D6CBA1 #C5AC6A
  • Flowers and Fruit (1866): #9A9384 #746A51 #1C0705 #454026 #2F1209 #DFD1BC
  • Manet in His Studio (1870): #6D6148 #2F342E #93754F #49493B #483C2A #B69D7C
  • Pansies (1903): #644516 #433211 #441C09 #87632E #1C1205 #DEB63C
  • Portrait of a Woman (1885): #615949 #32302D #4F3C30 #997E6B
  • Potted Pansies (1883): #40382B #60593E #271F1E #232818 #847753 #3B492D
  • Roses and Lilies (1888): #866A4B #C8BCA5 #9E9179 #593C20 #352515 #1A1510
  • Roses in a Bowl (1883): #472C18 #311E15 #171414 #BA9564 #734D28 #966C40
  • Roses in a Vase (1872): #3E311E #11100B #D4C4A9 #A28D6A #211D13 #5B4B2F
  • Still Life with Flowers and Fruit (1866): #87857D #2B110F #714925 #471B13 #5E2917 #312919
  • Still Life with Pansies (1874): #393020 #241A0C #492A0D #3A2811 #897B46 #665D3C
  • Still Life with Roses and Fruit (1863): #34291C #4F2A11 #C8B68A #1F1B12 #806B3B #C38921
  • 花と果物、ワイン容れのある静物 (1865): #140D0B #2D1E17 #BFB6A9 #88735D #B67630 #D1A264
  • Summer Flowers (1880): #836D41 #5F4724 #3E2E19 #C0AB84 #1F110D #2C1C13
  • The Palace of Aurora (1902): #6A5746 #4D3A30 #784E37 #977B5D #232221 #392A24
  • 聖アントニウスの誘惑 (Unkn): #6E5138 #967755 #2F1F0F #9C9982 #443422 #56351E
  • The Two Sisters (1859): #020A02 #48645B #0C1E11 #294235 #593A2C #A8AA9E
  • The Two Sisters (1859): #191513 #3E3A35 #3A2217 #AA9482 #502D1D #7B6C5E
  • Self-Portrait. Alternative Title(s): Autoportrait. Portrait de l'Artiste Âgé de 23 Ans.[1] (1859): #69534C #4F3F43 #B7A27D #E4E2C7 #D3C5A1 #956E5B
  • Pêches dans Une Assiette German: Stilleben mit Pfirsischen (1880): #6A5641 #53402E #7B5D37 #A18E52 #47341C #D7A355
  • A Studio on the Batignolles: #1D1311 #432819 #684427 #6F290F #0D0807 #341A0F
  • Self-Portrait: #191612 #81653E #342719 #5C4525 #B79A6F #4C341B
  • Self-Portrait. Alternative Title(s): Autoportrait. Portrait de l'Artiste Âgé de 23 Ans (1859): #29292E #EBEBEC #091011 #0D151F #302B27 #9F947A

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