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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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Johann Friedrich August Tischbein

8 works, 1782 to 1793.

Palette: #493E20 #28251B #C1B691 #615B42 #8E815E #110F0A #433F31 #A99765

  • Jan van de Poll (1721-1801). Burgemeester van Amsterdam (1791): #565036 #23201B #948561 #BFB797 #433E28 #333027
  • Zelfportret (1782): #4B3E1E #302810 #B29D6F #85744A #D2C596
  • Antonius Kuyper (1743-1822). Predikant Te Amsterdam (1791): #393219 #1E1B11 #4C3F1F #967E50 #BEA269 #6B5933
  • Salomon Rendorp (1767-1824). Brouwer Te Amsterdam (1793): #433F31 #625B3F #2D2924 #867955 #AF9C70 #CFBC93
  • Johanna Ferdinanda van Collen (1774-1833). Echtgenote van Salomon Rendorp (1793): #393629 #5E5842 #8F8666 #BFB590 #DBD2A9
  • Johannes Lublink II (1736-1816). Filosoof, Letterkundige en Staatsman (1790): #3E3417 #2F2010 #0B0A04 #756832 #5D4C20 #524E30
  • Cornelia Rijdenius (1746-1826). Echtgenote van Johannes Lublink (1790): #746D55 #BAB8A0 #8D8C7C #2A291A #503620 #504C36
  • Portret van Gouverneur-Generaal Willem Arnold Alting (1788): #412611 #15130E #592F14 #5E4921 #9E8350

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