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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 van Goyen

10 works, 1630 to 1645.

Palette: #A29A80 #7D6F4C #C8BFA5 #4C3613 #594C30 #C2AC80 #9B7B3F #31210C

  • View of Dordrecht from the Dordtse Kil (1644): #C8AC87 #A78049 #785222 #4C2D0D #AB957A
  • Gezicht Op Een Dorp Aan Een Rivier (1645): #BAB6A6 #554B32 #7B7255 #393120 #DBD0B2 #968E73
  • Het Valkhof in Nijmegen (1641): #9F9B83 #86836C #4F4215 #6D5D23 #67613A #382D08
  • Landschap Met Twee Eiken (1641): #72705D #61532E #473517 #A7A38A #362711 #908555
  • Vergezicht Over de Uiterwaarden van Een Rivier (1644): #AFAB98 #8B8777 #4B3818 #6E5F36 #807655
  • Gezicht Op de Rijn en de Elterberg (1645): #BCAC79 #7A683D #524223 #453013 #BCBE99 #9A8858
  • Polderlandschap (1644): #A79C7F #83734E #64471F #4A3015
  • Gezicht Op Arnhem (1644): #B5AC7C #715516 #8D7935 #543309 #A19157 #412205
  • Riviergezicht Met Wachtpost (1644): #C4B797 #986F32 #9F9782 #B5995F #6F4923 #56381E
  • Riviergezicht (1630): #D2CBB9 #8C7250 #624D35 #B3A183 #453627 #B0ADA3

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