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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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Jacob de Wit

8 works, 1720 to 1748.

Palette: #C2BA9C #93805D #6A4E32 #3A2819 #3B362E #77796F #5B3C13 #745622

  • De Doop van de Kamerling (1748): #545753 #2D2419 #7B7970 #18130C #5E4122 #413523
  • Mozes Verkiest de Zeventig Oudsten (1736): #A1A6A9 #1C1D1C #735A33 #595F56 #74796E #CBC7BF
  • De Winter (1740): #B7AF9B #998D77 #635847
  • De Herfst (1746): #DFD9BC #BFB492
  • Jupiter, Vermomd Als Diana, Verleidt de Nimf Callisto (1727): #766242 #938A63 #564B35 #CBC49A #9E5844 #A98258
  • Jupiter, Vermomd Als Herder, Verleidt Mnemosyne, Godin van Het Geheugen (1727): #C7BB92 #948C66 #826B46 #6A5036 #42392F #AB9B6F
  • Putti Met Spiegels (1725): #BDB599 #A89779 #876D4F #654230
  • Ontwerp Voor Een Plafondstuk Met de Apotheose van Aeneas, in de Hoeken de Vier Jaargetijden in Brunaille (1720): #5B3C13 #745622 #A8A58D #C5C3A6 #8B7C53 #39210E

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