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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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Jacob van Ruisdael

Ruisdael was the master of the Dutch sky. His landscapes build from deep greens and umber earth through silvery grays to luminous cloud-white — nature rendered as chromatic drama.

Palette: #292218 #9C9989 #4F452F #746646 #D6D2C6 #826B3B #B1995C #6C8299

  • Canal with Bridge (17th): #BCB8B3 #462825 #131317 #8D867D #9F7428 #6E3E2F
  • Boerenhuis in Bosachtig Duinlandschap (1650): #312C1A #8C8C7B #605F4F #1F1B10 #C2AC6A #504427
  • Wheat Fields (ca. 1670): #7B796C #393123 #71828D #5A584F #AC9E80 #584D33
  • Landscape with a Village in the Distance (1646): #221B12 #87897E #35301D #4D492F #453117 #646557
  • Grainfields (1660): #7A7E6C #2D291C #9BA38E #48442D #656042 #887D59
  • Mountain Torrent (1670): #8F8D80 #2E271A #615C4D #433B2A #708690 #557690
  • Landscape with a Church by a Torrent (ca. 1670): #281F14 #555145 #819898 #7F7A68 #47361A #15110E
  • Wooded and Hilly Landscape (1660): #2F2A1D #85866E #9FA9A5 #4C432C #BDB9A3 #645939
  • Landscape with a Wheatfield (ca. 1650-60): #70818B #7E807A #473C1D #292012 #786B3A #615B41
  • De Voorde (1650): #6F6943 #2C3023 #464734 #A89B66 #E5EBE2 #D6CB93
  • Landschap Met Ruïnes (1650): #4D4A3B #1F150C #726E5A #342918 #4C3D24 #0F0905
  • Kasteel Bentheim (1650): #3D3623 #8D8773 #676150 #272318 #98A4A5 #726440
  • Berglandschap Met Waterval (1650): #191008 #6D6C45 #4C4722 #382F14 #2D1F0E #9B986F
  • Rotsachtig Landschap (1650): #302A1B #878673 #4E432C #685F42 #BAB08D #867B58
  • Landschap Met Watermolen (1661): #2A251B #B3BEB4 #4C3E1D #1B1715 #42422F #6C6434
  • Zandweg in de Duinen (1650): #2F2B19 #A29E7F #514D2E #857747 #777457 #201D12
  • Vej Forbi Egetræer, Aften (1643-82): #1B1D0B #5E6343 #303314 #4A5138 #0C0E08 #4A4A1A
  • Grainfields (mid-): #7B7D6B #2D2A1B #98A594 #4B472F #6B6545 #B1A683
  • Road Through an Oak Forest: #3A322A #675743 #959086 #252320 #C7B79D #917859
  • Two Watermills and an Open Sluice (1653): #242214 #545346 #7E8174 #3D3724 #14140C #9B9882
  • A Wooded Landscape with a Pond (late): #322618 #B8BAA7 #241D1B #534725 #929388 #776C46
  • Landscape with a Mill-Run and Ruins: #999C92 #362F1B #1F1B0D #534B33 #D4CDBA #100E06
  • Sandhügel mit Bäumen Bewachsen (1647): #3B352B #A09B85 #7A7664 #282723 #63573C #B6AB7C
  • The Great Forest ((165): #241E10 #918E76 #382E11 #55481C #7D6D35 #6E7058
  • 樫の森の道 (Unda): #262724 #2C2519 #AFAC9A #D6D4C4 #4C432C #7A7355
  • Mountain Torrent (1670): #322A1C #89887E #484438 #607D91 #666254 #C2B29E
  • Landscape with a Church (1640): #E1D8DF #1E0D0C #090304 #3E2319 #9A7A55 #61422A
  • Landscape in Imitation of Jacob Ruisdael: #C09C61 #292626 #483E38 #6D533D #4E3125 #967247
  • A Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape (1660): #161418 #9B9181 #3D3431 #675F57 #CAC5BB #9DA5BB
  • The Jewish Cemetery (1653): #3C3523 #2D2512 #493819 #706640 #A19665
  • A Landscape with a Ruined Castle and a Church (1665): #C8BDBA #31211D #9F928C #7F7066 #533C33 #F1E7DF
  • A Wooded Marsh (1660): #211C1D #493E31 #0E0A0E #D5D5D8 #786B52 #302117
  • Two Watermills and an Open Sluice Near Singraven (1650): #6C6959 #272016 #3A3424 #9E9B85 #4F4632 #827351
  • Landscape with Waterfall (1668): #312619 #7E7C76 #503E27 #ABA99F #514C40 #577D90
  • View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields (1670): #9EA39F #453D23 #CCC8B9 #231C11 #768B9E #ABB6C2
  • Mountain Landscape with Waterfall (1650): #2A220C #A49E88 #3E2E0F #7B7865 #585548 #95A8B2
  • View of Bleaching Fields and Haarlem (1670): #A4B2CB #433F38 #7D8598 #CED8E5 #9BB3E7 #EAEAE2
  • Bentheim Castle (1650): #3D3222 #938772 #6D6451 #594930 #97A6A4 #795F3A
  • Mountainous Landscape with Waterfall (1660): #190F07 #73724A #514C29 #2B1F0E #3B3317 #9E9B73
  • View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground (1666): #788088 #2C2418 #637894 #585C61 #423C2B #5F5842
  • The Ford (1660): #515039 #9C9161 #716941 #EAF0E6 #313429 #1E2217
  • Farm in a Wooded Dune Landscape (1680): #2E2A19 #8D8E7E #656453 #1B180E #4E452B #C1AC6C
  • Rocky Landscape (1660): #332A1C #948D77 #4B3E2B #675439 #706F60 #1B1306
  • Sandy Track in the Dunes (1650): #322C1B #A8A282 #50472A #A59368 #806939 #716B4E
  • Dune Landscape with a Rabbit Hunt (1650): #BAB8B9 #959393 #56401E #301E0D #22160C #150D0A
  • Dune Landscape with Thatched Cottage (1646): #12111B #7C8D7D #ABB798 #2D2529 #59695F #B3CAD4
  • View of the Damrak in Amsterdam (1670): #867D6E #ADA896 #301B0D #4F331A #211207 #8E8F91
  • View on the Amstel from Amsteldijk (1680): #9FA994 #23210A #727862 #92B0B8 #413E20 #CED3BB
  • Stormy Sea (1650): #282622 #7A704E #474232 #A49B6E
  • Road Through a Grove (1660): #908A72 #282014 #3D311D #55492E #BCAF94 #6D6146
  • View of Naarden and the Church of Muiderberg (1647): #969998 #2E3127 #767B7F #595136 #7F754B #A3965C
  • Landscape with a Footbridge (1652): #E3E4E1 #242211 #111005 #39300E #858053 #B3B8AC
  • Wheat Fields (1670): #7E7A6E #3B3224 #5A584E #71818D #B3A485 #685D41
  • Grainfields (1668): #797B69 #312E1D #9AA28E #544F34 #211E13 #696444
  • Trees on a Lake with Rowboat (1650): #372F26 #BAB594 #828064 #64572F #4D422A #877A43
  • A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee (1650): #787874 #302616 #55544F #6A7D8D #584929 #20170D
  • Forest Scene (1655): #352713 #88877B #201206 #120701 #5A4B33 #CBC7B0
  • Landscape (1670): #707369 #241D0C #6E8B9D #393522 #151003 #3D2C13
  • Landscape with a Wheatfield (1650): #9C9D9C #827E76 #727A89 #2A211C #605331 #433822
  • Road in an Oak Forest (1646): #33382D #565939 #B7BD64 #626422 #1F2421 #373B1B
  • Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond (1655): #34240B #5B6660 #3D4742 #5E4428 #3D361D #211502
  • Oak Trees Near a Road, Evening (1660): #484A25 #ADBA86 #CDD284 #66662C #2E3019 #919246
  • Road Through an Oak Forest (1647): #342E27 #534535 #948F85 #756451 #BEB19C #23211D
  • Landscape with a Waterfall and a Hut (1660): #706D58 #292024 #473832 #0F0C10 #5F4E37 #534E45
  • View of Egmond-On-The-Sea (1648): #C6C9C5 #453621 #B7C3D5 #281F16 #726C4E #70582A
  • The Thicket Near Haarlem (1649): #CCC6C1 #1D1410 #39281C #573C26 #9F9081 #7D644B
  • The Great Oak (1652): #2D2411 #6C603F #ABB3AC #453A1F #1C1306 #D2D2C1
  • View on the Amstel Looking Towards Amsterdam (1670): #A5ACB3 #869BBA #575132 #7D8589 #403518 #72715A
  • The Zuiderzee Coast Near Muiden (1680): #8C825A #B8AE80 #25180D #534323 #959683 #352614
  • River Landscape with a Castle on a High Cliff (1670): #C2C4C4 #2B2C1C #1B1F16 #483F20 #424735 #746942
  • The Dam Square in Amsterdam with the Weigh House (1675): #A5B4CD #6B7F9D #1E2225 #91A8D7 #595C52 #393E3A
  • Peasant Cottage in a Landscape (1646): #BFBCAF #453A36 #2D262A #736245 #947942 #56442B
  • Waterfall in a Hilly Landscape (1660): #221E2A #798177 #BCBA9E #0F1028 #3D3534 #D9E0DF
  • Landscape with a Cottage and Trees (1646): #D1CDAD #473B25 #665633 #292215 #ACA78A #8A7F5A
  • Blasted Oak Near a Pond (1647): #1B1819 #696152 #39332C #4B3727 #6B4F32 #938974
  • A Village in Winter (1665): #5D5042 #3C3126 #AEA293 #877965 #2A2016 #DCD4C6
  • A Wooded Hill (1650): #1B0904 #0A0201 #B8B4AA #8C857A #B5BBCA #331D10
  • View of Grainfields with a Distant Town (1660): #ACB0A6 #A2BED1 #2B2213 #483F27 #655E44 #D9DCCD
  • Hilly Wooded Landscape with Castle (1650): #2E2A22 #8D9DA9 #C3CCCE #221B1D #615A46 #5D6A7C
  • Landscape with a Windmill in the Evening (1650): #ABA28C #342D23 #4E4630 #C1C0B4 #87919B #7C7055
  • Sandbank (1647): #20160B #7A8187 #A6ADB0 #3B2F20 #CEBDA5 #5A5244
  • Dunes with a Herdsman and His Herd (1650): #747572 #AE9F7A #383128 #6D5D42 #9E9C8F #525043
  • Stag Hunt in a Wood with a Marsh (1660): #5B432A #C2B19B #3E2C23 #8E774B #9C8A7B #442C19
  • Wooded Landscape with a Flooded Road (1650): #252634 #DCD8D1 #1E191D #B6AFA7 #3E3D48 #2C344E
  • Two Undershot Watermills with Men Opening a Sluice (1650): #231D14 #3B2F1F #ABABAA #604F31 #7F8181 #8B7A56
  • Landscape with View of Ootmarsum (1650): #B8ADA9 #ABADBB #4E341D #705632 #897B77 #E6DDCF
  • The Castle at Bentheim (1651): #2D201A #4C3428 #EAE1CD #77533B #CABCA2 #1B1410
  • Landscape with a Sluice Gate (1660): #302A1F #D4D3CC #544A2F #1E1915 #B6B6B7 #736D50
  • Three Great Trees in a Mountainous Landscape with a River (1660): #38281B #DFDCCE #5F4B30 #8E7E5E #BBB29D #9EBCD8
  • Canal (1680): #433B30 #6F6856 #A09980 #544F48 #C4B795 #2C261D
  • Landscape of a Forest with a Wooden Bridge (1670): #332C22 #6A6555 #4C4433 #908974 #BEB192 #231C11
  • View of Haarlem from the Northwest (1668): #B2B7C2 #A0B0DC #2E1E18 #636170 #8D8D9B #767FAD
  • Dunes and Bleaching Fields (1668): #6D6A60 #1A1510 #849099 #31281D #4D4944 #979180
  • Country Road with Cornfields and Oak Tree (1660): #69635C #2B2123 #B2A996 #120F14 #918776 #DDCEAA
  • Castle and Watermill by a River (1670): #B3B3A8 #2F2421 #1F161D #43321B #858982 #6F7B97
  • Mountain Landscape with Waterfall (1660): #0E1016 #B0CAB1 #AFD0D0 #7BA592 #28291F #727B48
  • Landscape with a Traveller (1650): #211E1B #312A1E #888165 #A49F8A #CAB889 #3E3315
  • Sunrise in a Wood (1670): #402F27 #B0A79E #624C3F #231712 #DCD3C0 #857160
  • Landscape with a Church by a Torrent (1670): #292116 #5D594C #869B9A #46361B #8B8572 #16110D
  • Wooded and Hilly Landscape (1660): #312C1E #83836C #9BA8A8 #B0AF9A #574E35 #826C40
  • Stone Bridge (1648): #717269 #343329 #4E4734 #A8A490 #957444 #6D5F40
  • Storm on the Dunes (1648): #2D3017 #13150E #686963 #373E35 #4E441C #1B1E0C
  • Landscape with a Windmill by a River (1655): #E1B9C0 #28190E #B28A9B #422F1E #8B6E7C #564336
  • The Large Forest (1650): #372B17 #B5AE91 #524119 #231B0F #888B6F #786630

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