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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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Joan Miró

Miró painted with the freedom of a child and the precision of a master. His palette is primary and cosmic — deep blue fields scattered with red, yellow, green, and black biomorphic forms.

Palette: #D6B14F #8CA2C4 #997949 #141115 #C27129 #4A6A39 #A92126 #465797

  • The Tilled Field (1924): #D8C161 #EECF90 #362828 #1A4E45 #88391A #BAAB6F
  • Cafetería Fundación (2007): #99773A #7F3E06 #2D2318 #978557 #756133 #FBF8E7
  • Dona I Ocell (2011): #CBC7C1 #92ADCF #919697 #4C5D21 #514835 #39331A
  • Mas Miró- Vista Obra la Masia (2011): #DBE5E5 #AFA58C #5E8EBF #9CAEBF #3C4224 #97835A
  • Miro, Palma (2009): #304063 #99A8C9 #171B1F #223667 #54453D #34383D
  • Godalla-Sèrie (1973): #E2D9C5 #2A2522 #B52B28 #1D678B #B1A58F #736755
  • Miró. Ubú en Escena (2012): #BCB7AA #D2D3D4 #8D816C #989997 #686456 #4F4538
  • Portrait of Vincent Nubiola (1917): #D1D8D8 #A8ABAD #3D2F2B #7A726A #171112 #5A3921
  • Dona (1978): #534A4E #120917 #C2CBD7 #707991 #F5F8F5 #D2B31F
  • Women and Bird in the Moonlight (1949): #806D53 #D8681F #AC8D7E #222B33 #A76F50 #204586
  • Painting (1927): #465797 #BCBCC7 #644A3A #343439 #535982 #8289AB
  • A Star Caresses the Breast of a Negress (Painting Poem) (1938): #403E3E #B74F43 #D9C46B #A1564E #6F6C6B #9C9999
  • Message from a Friend (1964): #333333 #4D724E #385438 #913730 #496594 #293529
  • Head of a Catalan Peasant (1925): #B6B0C6 #9698BF #B9A9A8 #9F929F #8F1430 #864B34
  • Folk Og Fugler: #1B1B18 #9E7753 #6D523A #2F6045 #582E25 #AE081B

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