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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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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Ingres subordinated color to line — yet his Odalisques glow with warm flesh against cool blue and turquoise, sensuality disciplined by classical restraint.

Palette: #463D2E #6C5A40 #C1A77E #BC8654 #5A331B #744825 #9B5B2F #8F3215

  • Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc (Françoise Poncelle, 1788-1839) (1823): #271D19 #412F1F #160F13 #B6987E #E9D0B6 #83664C
  • Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Élisabeth Blavot, Born 1810) (ca. 1831-34): #DBCDAB #C7AC7F #725824 #24241A #A38653 #44361A
  • Jacques-Louis Leblanc (1823): #0D0E08 #251A08 #3B220A #572B0C #744519 #A74108
  • Antiochus and Stratonice (ca. 1838): #30271C #1D1814 #514028 #2F1811 #6E5C41 #6A2B19
  • Reclining Venus (1822): #D8B27E #0D1509 #2B2A13 #585230 #988053 #584018
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864): #161312 #9B8049 #2E2C26 #6A5429 #513E1F #494939
  • The Betrothal of Raphael and the Niece of Cardinal Bibbiena (1813-14): #140E14 #281212 #A75726 #6A574D #3B3E16 #CDB7B7
  • Odalisque (1842): #42381B #1F1F0F #D9C7B1 #968D7B #5C6155 #8A6432
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gaillac: #171110 #2C1F1A #4B352B #785545 #B48267 #E9C4A5
  • Musée du Louvre: #120F10 #32323B #201A2B #292620 #4A4D53 #532820
  • Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto (1848): #1C1610 #080809 #604514 #463417 #2A2824 #2E1F0D
  • Etude de Tête et Torse D'Homme (1797): #81562D #4F3D32 #E1B77A #5E3B25 #B48554 #372720
  • An Angel Holding a Cartouche (19<s): #5B2B20 #C17A37 #3E1A16 #E2A454 #EECE86 #A2552A
  • Studies for the Painting of the 'Martyrdom of St Symphorian' (1834) at the Cathedral, Autun, 1927,0518.4 (1834): #CEB88D #AE9A6E #847550 #64583B #4B402A #241D12
  • Study of a Winged Figure (Amor), for the Painting 'the Golden Age' (l'Age d'Or), 1921,0614.3: #BC8C50 #966C43 #745337 #DAAD77 #B08E63 #D6B696
  • Marcotte D'Argenteuil (1810): #2C2621 #0E181F #4E4031 #ECBD92 #6E5C41 #B24D1C
  • Portrait of the Countess of Tournon (1812): #17140F #BFA77E #52593E #8D7D5C #342919 #AF885F
  • Portrait of Comtesse D'Haussonville (1845): #36363B #969BAC #202126 #2B2720 #646C80 #615D56
  • La Maladie d'Antiochus, Ou Antiochus et Stratonice (1840): #26131B #5E5350 #39282F #974435 #231C1A #C9695E
  • Portrait de Madame Duvaucey (1807): #211F21 #A99880 #806544 #161314 #41241F #C9BCB4
  • The Small Bather (1826): #37342C #B69260 #574634 #E1DED4 #7A6A4C #CABB99
  • Virgin of the Adoption (1858): #181812 #135E7B #B49483 #093A55 #8E7162 #0B233A
  • Cropped to Show Dutar (1842): #1F210F #39381C #513E15 #625C3D #8F6B38 #622E0C
  • La Source ((182): #524B3C #34322C #BBA982 #857459 #25221E
  • The Spring.: #40372C #262522 #C4AC80 #5E523F #9B8566 #7C6246
  • Jupiter and Thetis (1811): #223A46 #D3B78D #CF8B61 #4E4635 #976F39 #A4916E
  • Autoportrait: #5C5643 #1D1D1D #3B392E #2D2C28 #937146 #0D0D0D
  • Etude pour Jésus Parmi Les Docteurs (1866): #BDAE7F #9B8751 #A79F87 #736540 #7B7365 #555B63
  • Etude pour la Maladie d'Antiochus, Ou Antiochus et Stratonice ; Buste d'Erasistrate, Vers (ca. 1860): #221E25 #D09E6D #33221E #0B090E #AA7446 #3E383F
  • Etude pour Roger Délivrant Angélique (1819): #1C1D1D #312D22 #6D714F #454330 #D7B873 #907847
  • Eve (d'Après Une Peinture des Loges du Vatican par Raphael), (Ca.1809), Ingres, Mi.876.64 (ca. 1809): #553A23 #3C3A1F #302A1C #D0B78A #292B2E #3E2510
  • Jésus Parmi Les Docteurs: #584C4A #36292B #ECE4D4 #9D8577 #153F7F #BE260B
  • Jean Alaux (1818): #292B34 #464041 #656361 #BC996B #816349 #5A4336
  • Le Duc d'Albe à Sainte-Gudule à Bruxelles: #26201F #47392D #343C40 #682E2A #883328 #AD3722
  • Le Songe D'Ossian (1813): #3C3C39 #211F1F #B7B3A7 #68655C #273036 #445159
  • Madame de Lauréal et Son Fils, Vers (ca. 1815): #BFB195 #B1875C #6B5034 #A3906D #423426 #452D16
  • Marie-Anne-Julie Forestier (1807): #605543 #8B806F #333D3F #292828 #DDCCAF #CFAA80
  • Armand Cambon (1874-77): #111418 #302D2C #4D4C4A #68523A #22201F #A18365
  • Portrait de Belvèze-Foulon: #2A1B12 #1B1816 #090809 #6F3C16 #482F1C #9A622B
  • Portrait de Jean-Pierre-François Gilibert: #292D35 #141419 #4F4B43 #7F7B69 #131929 #060506
  • Portrait de Lorenzo Bartolini (1805): #231812 #332921 #0D090C #1F1203 #C1A877 #A47947
  • Portrait de Madame Gonse: #212325 #0A0A0E #F2E6D8 #491415 #39403E #C5B8B0
  • Portrait de Jeune Homme à la Boucle D'Oreille (1804): #342D28 #684126 #38291C #171410 #DBBC9A #C09A77
  • Portrait du Père de L'Artiste: #201F22 #121011 #CA9B61 #86796A #DDCCA7 #5D5852
  • Première Pensée du Voeu de Louis XIII: #2D2330 #4C4041 #190F1A #744F3E #3D201F #EEE6C8
  • Roger Délivrant Angélique (1841): #3E3C3B #B89058 #726E58 #2F2724 #25262D #8C5F2C
  • Tête de Boileau (1827): #3D2513 #B3815B #2A160E #58361B #885835 #1F0A06
  • La Femme aux Trois Bras: #D4B9A9 #B19381 #725B50 #977967 #453832 #1D1410
  • Prosper Debia (1832): #2D2B2A #4A4643 #635F5B #BDB0A4 #745C3E #3C2E21

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