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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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Jacopo Tintoretto

Jacopo Robusti, best known as Tintoretto, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticised the speed with which he painted and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork.

Palette: #221A15 #554731 #826E4A #B1A079 #392F26 #3C3220 #694725 #DCD0B4

  • A Procurator of Saint Mark's (ca. 1575-85): #1B0C08 #24181C #40140A #581D10 #2C1E19 #493425
  • Portret van Een Man Met Een Rode Mantel (1555): #2E261D #4F3822 #6A522C #896634 #201D14 #AB8144
  • Christus en de Overspelige Vrouw (1550): #554B35 #BFB188 #84704B #2F2E27 #6D7562 #AC976B
  • Portret van Een Man (1550): #433828 #121210 #26211A #705631 #957246 #BA9A70
  • Portret van Ottavio Strada (1567): #0D0B06 #7A6C4B #332915 #D6CAB3 #1D160A #4C4630
  • De Verkondiging Aan Maria; de Engel (1560): #433628 #221A17 #5D4931 #7C6546 #402723 #A08B66
  • De Verkondiging Aan Maria; Maria (1560): #4C3E31 #352A25 #221B18 #8E7758 #695743 #0F0D09
  • Muze Met Luit (1528): #BFB588 #817C51 #5B4A2E #606240 #E4D8B7 #9F8F5C

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