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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 Mijtens

Johannes Mytens or Jan Mijtens, or "Mytens" to the English was a Dutch Golden Age painter, almost entirely as a portraitist.

Palette: #312B1B #1E190F #544A33 #827758 #735E35 #A69F83 #583D1D #522917

  • Een Officier (1640): #302D21 #23211B #5C4A2E #867450
  • Dubbelportret van Een Jong Paar Als Granida en Daifilo (1640): #2C2516 #453B25 #7F7B63 #6F5A37 #1B190F #A1987A
  • Cornelis Tromp (1629-91). Luitenant-Admiraal-Generaal (1668): #17140E #342C1D #2A1D13 #3D2516 #5B4223 #502F19
  • Margaretha van Raephorst (Gest 1690). Echtgenote van Cornelis Tromp (1668): #1E190A #362911 #A38C4D #531D0D #39180B #6F5C2C
  • Jacoba van Orliens (1643-91). Echtgenote van Jacob de Witte van Haamstede (1660): #2F2B21 #989177 #5E5744 #C5C0A1 #403A2C #7B735C
  • Johan van Beaumont. Kolonel der Hollandse Gardes en Commandeur van den Briel (1661): #2E2718 #554E37 #17160F #8A7B51 #543120
  • Maria de Witte Françoisdr (Geb 1616). Echtgenote van Johan van Beaumont (1661): #36301E #1E1B10 #583C1D #5C5034 #9C895C #2E2112

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