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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-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Corot's silver-green landscapes invented a tonal poetry that the Impressionists would inherit. His palette is mist: pearl greys, sage greens, and the palest blues.

Palette: #625335 #3D3528 #94825D #1E1A13 #C5B595 #453215 #8D5B22 #B78E4F

  • Hagar in the Wilderness (1835): #564C2A #2A291B #C3BEAE #82703E #A6A4A6 #1B1814
  • The Burning of Sodom (Formerly "the Destruction of Sodom") (1843-57): #2C2315 #4F3A19 #765721 #181510 #0C0D0E #3F361D
  • A Woman Reading (1869-70): #8E826A #231C15 #383428 #50432E #6C583B #706A5B
  • Woman Meditating (after 1868): #30291A #532F1A #54482B #1D1B15 #9C7638 #76582B
  • The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods (ca. 1860-75): #352D1F #584B2A #8A7846 #45371D #B29A58 #241F19
  • Italian Landscape (Site d'Italie, Soleil Levant) (ca. 1835): #65573F #D6C8BC #302518 #AD977C #43392E #45361E
  • Madame Legois: #232B26 #091B18 #A88759 #AB4B3D #755C43 #BB7A4C
  • The Evening Star (1864): #251B19 #CABEAC #443324 #A59884 #84765D #5F4D37
  • The Willows of Marissel (1857): #ADA075 #7B6F41 #5A4F2E #403623 #D8CEA2 #31261E
  • Study Relating to ""Saint Sebastian Succoured by Holy Women (1852): #4E453C #9C8A6F #766957 #332D28 #DACFB2 #241E17
  • St. Sebastian Succoured by Holy Women (1851-74): #151008 #261E0E #382E17 #B1AC9A #524525 #736542
  • Corot's Studio: Woman Seated Before an Easel, a Mandolin in Her Hand (ca. 1868): #31271D #65523B #8A7656 #473929 #1F1713 #CEB891
  • Houses Near Orleans: #CDEBF7 #C1AA81 #1C1A16 #887B5C #735247 #3E3C2A
  • View of Olevano (1827): #C8C2BE #9C875B #677251 #CCB6A0 #446750 #6B7174
  • Souvenir d'Italie, Danseurs des Rivages de Capri: #37331B #EDE3B9 #1F1C0D #D2C49A #5A5131 #867950
  • Bacchante in a Landscape (1865): #503E27 #37281A #C4B7AA #6C5F3F #C1A37A #8F6D43
  • Villeneuve Les Avignon (1836): #8B8B8A #4F3F3A #795D49 #727885 #9F7E61 #39271E
  • La Cathédrale de Chartres. Rf: #98A99F #737052 #A99E71 #728C90 #D0C594 #414333
  • Corot: #544F37 #7F795C #383423 #221E15 #110D09 #D4D2CA
  • 94: #ACA899 #725135 #3E352C #95714C #513524 #2D2320
  • Woman with Water Jar (Unkn): #C7AD7A #1C1607 #77540D #552D06 #3B2708 #BE9142
  • Agostina (1866): #A29272 #2B2A28 #70614C #42352C #5D4D3D #D8C4A0
  • Genzano (1843): #BDB9AD #3C431E #B2863A #7D6732 #646536 #D4A95B
  • House and Factory of Monsieur Henry (1833): #98B2C2 #866F59 #C4A57F #F4DDB8 #A89785 #CBCAC5
  • Lady in Blue (1874): #15110C #506B6E #31220D #9D8B54 #56461F #8C6C12
  • Landscape of la Ferté-Milon: #CAC9B6 #8E865D #778C5F #625E4A #BCAD6F #C7BF98
  • Portrait of a Woman (1870): #3A392D #21221A #7F7163 #5B5544 #966231 #161611
  • View of Olevano (1827): #757753 #B3B7AE #576554 #988A5C #BBB497 #3A4639
  • Young Women of Sparta: #444139 #C6CDCE #CBB18B #88704A #6F6D61 #292722
  • Hagar in the Wilderness (1835): #39312A #B5AD9C #947248 #584738 #CFB390 #684E33
  • The Fisherman: Evening Effect: #564A2F #7B6745 #372D1E #92836A #B6A68A #A38255
  • Landskap Med Popplar: #5D5740 #968B63 #D0C8B1 #393629 #BCB089 #24251D
  • I Skogsbrynet: #3F372F #60523C #98875F #C3B286 #252325 #78694C
  • Saint-Omer: #9D9775 #48472D #716B49 #322F1E #242010
  • Entrén Till M. Dubuissons Villa I Brunoy: #7A6F4A #574D33 #D5C991 #40382A #2B211B #AD9D69
  • Röda Klippor Vid Cività Castellana: #5D5036 #3C3326 #CCCCC2 #876D49 #AE8761 #A6B5C1
  • View of Lormes (earl): #C3BDA9 #786530 #433C17 #9A8858 #5C4017 #905E11

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