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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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Jan Brueghel the Elder

Jan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the younger son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Palette: #5E5237 #3A3829 #392814 #7C7A67 #AA9D7E #896A48 #0F0F11 #869AA5

  • Noah's Family Assembling Animals Before the Ark (ca. 1660 (Baroque)): #40402C #D2C7BA #62542D #0D0406 #1C190F #47340D
  • The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose (ca. 1621-23): #171016 #3F3A35 #848280 #472712 #2D1F17 #B2B2AB
  • Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17 (1623): #0E1011 #303534 #B92705 #E0DDC9 #BFAE90 #918268
  • A Woodland Road with Travelers (1607): #2D2614 #4E472B #402710 #1E160B #5F411D #282F1D
  • The Harvesters (1565): #B68441 #C9B8A6 #7B7057 #3E3621 #8E5414 #5F5237
  • Portrait of a Woman (1533): #1B1918 #35261B #9C7257 #2B2C27 #72492E #5E3322
  • Allegory of Water By (1614): #251F1D #523F20 #0D070D #48423C #E7E3D9 #88846E
  • Kinderreigen (1600): #8A6A4D #3F3B35 #5C615C #BF9D7B #5E4533 #A8AAA8
  • Paradise Landscape with Animals: #59543F #848478 #333422 #BDBBB1 #564122 #231D0F
  • Das Vogelkonzert: #5B5940 #3D392A #AFA787 #7C7756 #322A1E #5A462D
  • Blumenkranz mit Hl. Joseph (1617): #232320 #756C5A #414037 #58412C #332E23 #7E4E34
  • Dianas Schlafende Nymphen: #342A1C #5F4729 #B6A381 #231E18 #4F4E35 #866A43
  • Flora im Blumengarten: #413F2C #696244 #2B2B21 #C5BC9C #A4946B #392E1B
  • Dorfstraße (1610): #686249 #45402C #868471 #8098AD #332D1F #B6BDBC
  • Landungsplatz (1615): #586047 #7D8A75 #B0B6A9 #383A2A #94A6AC #7E9AB3
  • Versuchung des Hl. Antonius (1601): #343128 #4E3E2D #6B5A42 #4A5249 #251E18 #5D6E6D
  • Windmühlen auf Weiter Ebene (1611): #3E3A2C #B9BEAF #839BAD #5D5C49 #C4C08B #7E7D68
  • Bacchanal (1610): #403C2A #6D5639 #927E5D #4F3721 #65614B #28271A
  • Der Frühling (1616): #313421 #849294 #9A8864 #57665D #6D5F40 #4C3D22
  • Der Sommer (1616): #272514 #665331 #40432A #606A50 #998356 #C0BBAE
  • Winter (1616): #3C3626 #242015 #585541 #472A1A #7D755D #6C5135
  • Nymphen beim Fischfang: #37392A #6B694E #392A1C #57462F #7C6B47 #24221A
  • Flemish Fair (1600): #C6D0DF #786449 #677276 #504937 #998971 #363327
  • Flowers in a Wooden Vessel ((160): #0F0D15 #4C402C #AEA592 #452712 #868077 #643313
  • River Landscape (1607): #7391A1 #3D3B1C #546351 #726C3E #B1B098 #282A1B
  • The Entry of the Animals Into Noah's Ark (1613): #36320C #5B5023 #59410B #20200B #777157 #CACEC4
  • The Sermon on the Mount (1598): #6A6D49 #182A1B #5E4D2D #383017 #2D472B #BBC5C6
  • Painting: #312617 #50594F #777A6A #1D170E #A99E7E #534024
  • Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path: #1C2F29 #5A5A45 #513F31 #2F2B23 #97774C #79593C
  • The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus: #1A110B #352114 #5A3E28 #7D573B #9C7C60 #4D2413
  • River Landscape After a Painting in the Cabinet of Mr. le Brun: #CABBA3 #7C6F61 #A59683 #52493F

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