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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.

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John Everett Millais

Millais painted nature with microscopic devotion. His palette achieves Pre-Raphaelite brilliance through pure, unmixed pigments applied over a wet white ground.

Palette: #9B7A52 #412E1C #63492E #D7B786 #683318 #7C4B1E #B77D31 #D5A148

  • News from Home (1856-57): #3D2012 #281710 #1A100E #5A391C #805D33 #C0BD9E
  • The Yeoman of the Guard (1876): #110C09 #30241F #674F2D #A10B1A #56402C #831020
  • The Knight Errant (1870): #3F3625 #2B251A #614A2E #997148 #452E1A #C69E6E
  • The North-West Passage (1874): #81715D #3A2E24 #504738 #CABFB3 #272320 #AC9989
  • Mercy: St Bartholomew’s Day (1886): #0F0C1A #5F473F #2F2228 #977E68 #CAB09C #785540
  • Saint Stephen (1895): #1D201F #3D362C #2F3133 #987D55 #625745 #D2A970
  • A Disciple (1895): #383434 #815235 #222123 #613F33 #4B342F #F7B387
  • Speak! Speak! (1895): #080302 #533223 #36211C #1F120E #704123 #835523
  • The Order of Release (1852): #1A1511 #332B24 #453D2E #624E38 #AB9371 #886C4D
  • The Boyhood of Raleigh (1870): #D4CFD3 #986F43 #C18749 #969DA0 #AF671B #D6AB7C
  • A Maid Offering a Basket of Fruit to a Cavalier (1849): #4D3F36 #7F6647 #D3BA81 #A29076 #62422F #9E4021
  • Charles I and His Son in the Studio of van Dyck (1849): #221F22 #38353B #6E6364 #583329 #8F714D #A6937A
  • Sir Henry Thompson, Bt (1881): #494229 #070808 #2F2D22 #68582B #1C1C18 #DFB87B
  • Serjeant Ralph Thomas (1848): #3A3537 #62403B #28272B #825344 #A36947 #5A5156
  • Christ in the House of His Parents (‘the Carpenter’s Shop’) (1849-50): #7C6447 #5B4430 #453226 #2A2C2C #9E845F #928D7D
  • A Baron Numbering His Vassals (1850): #99907A #736B55 #59513D #473D2E #7C817A #734E3C
  • Kirk (1853): #E1D3BA #BBA183 #907255 #6D4F35
  • Miss Anne Ryan (date not known): #28251D #9E7755 #71533A #4F3827
  • Study for ‘Christ in the House of His Parents (ca. 1849): #E2DBC7 #908977 #B8B29E #5A5343
  • Miss Eveleen Tennant (1874): #0C0705 #670819 #531119 #7D031A #3E1715 #2F241D
  • Mrs Bischoffsheim (1873): #231A1B #5E3F30 #BE893D #3F2C2B #0E0A09 #9B7540
  • The Moon Is Up, and Yet It Is Not Night (1890): #CDAB31 #452720 #1B1511 #301E1A #804115 #6F381D
  • Mariana (1851): #221F18 #3F3B2C #5C5C43 #311F11 #8B764C #5C4324
  • Dew-Drenched Furze (1889-90): #6F5F49 #A88E6D #4F4031 #3C2E22 #C3B592 #917152
  • Portrait of Effie Gray (1828-97): #070000 #4B392E #21140E #34251D #58534B #270303
  • Esther (1865): #C6BCAA #061845 #05040E #A78416 #855716 #AB8D5E
  • The Waterfall (1853): #5D4938 #2C221D #90745A #C2A474 #0F0C0B #7A5B2D
  • Isabella Elder Biz Sir (26 M): #47260E #0C0B09 #2D180C #1E130D #C18656 #A06637
  • Joan of Arc (1865): #1D1209 #3B2515 #942F11 #7B6046 #511C0A #59412C
  • John Everett Millais's la Huida de Una Hereje (1857): #14110E #261A11 #382012 #55321A #4C402D #362D25
  • A Flood (1870): #D4AC73 #895C41 #B68555 #9B7A66 #66453B #E3C8AD
  • Face in Both Hands She Knelt on the Carpet: #7D6E5C #493B35 #393B4B #BCAB8B #615142 #65636D
  • Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind (1892): #BAB39C #928C7B #2A261D #4C4332 #6A5F4B #7F7662
  • あひるの子 (1889): #261A15 #432714 #A07D4E #B9AF8B #694520 #855F30
  • Lorenzo and Isabella ((184): #B37B47 #9B8166 #C5AF9C #7F4920 #69533E #B74022
  • L'Enfant du Regiment: #AC9978 #997E54 #82633D #2B2224 #1C1C12 #5D4126
  • Ophelia: #847246 #251A12 #533F21 #374A20 #21351D #495F23
  • The Blind Girl (1854-56): #DCD166 #7C8498 #DFD18A #CF8122 #B6A660 #1D1112
  • The Martyr of the Solway (Abou): #5B4639 #D6A279 #B6784E #924E26 #442211 #7B6353
  • The Wedding Cards (1854): #33322A #221F1E #B3A08D #141417 #413321 #202F38
  • The Rescue (1855): #41291E #2D201C #1D1717 #645035 #5B2F20 #E25E42
  • Yes or No? (1871): #422B22 #261F1E #5F4B38 #684029 #92734D #B09368
  • Leisure Hours (1864): #88381A #662F19 #B75323 #433E14 #3A1C10 #63130F
  • John Newman (1881): #160A08 #84281C #5F1A12 #220D0B #330F0A #43100A
  • Ruling Passion (1885): #8A6D23 #283211 #CC9B3F #AD761A #40350C #F9E694
  • Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru ((184): #190E0B #E3D38E #341D13 #6A3916 #959B88 #B7AC7E
  • Self-Portrait (1881): #675435 #1B1303 #42351D #2E230C #8C734A #0D0601
  • Portia (1886): #4C3A26 #5B241A #7D2C1F #34271C #62553A #44211B
  • Painted Jointly with the Sitter (1880): #7B694D #452205 #DBB78C #AE855A #1E0701 #6A3C11
  • The Captive (1882): #726143 #54452F #181815 #322C24 #413220 #B69A7B
  • Portrait of a Girl (Sophie Gray) (1857): #100D0C #210F0D #D6B9A4 #3D2019 #8D7567 #2B0D0B
  • My Second Sermon (1864): #625222 #493920 #75451C #35271A #513319 #CB662C
  • The Proscribed Royalist: #211D16 #3A362B #7F6F53 #2E2B10 #736425 #3D3D12
  • Elgiva Seized by Order of Archbishop Odo (1845): #5E4323 #3A281C #866841 #4D3C29 #241A16 #422B12
  • The Anglers of the Dove by Harriet Martineau (1862): #D2BFA6 #EBE0D5 #AD9982 #706E73 #745E47 #BAB2B0
  • A Widow's Mite (1870): #1C1C19 #888165 #423724 #61563E #2A2417 #B3A991
  • Clarissa (1887): #412407 #473A22 #986931 #1E150B #C8B08D #6A4014
  • Study of a Girl (1862): #9F816C #C5B7B1 #766255 #554A40
  • Bright Eyes (1877): #4A3521 #8F0E01 #140301 #5F0701 #7C5735 #301D0E
  • Self Portrait (1883): #262727 #B28E5B #3A3F46 #41342A #F1C496 #F6DFB8
  • The Convalescent (1875): #DFD5BE #412B11 #271606 #B2A489 #150701 #87765B
  • George du Maurier (1882): #47240C #866F50 #271912 #200A02 #F3B889 #6D3C1B
  • The Hidden Treasure (1860): #E1C6A7 #906C45 #D29F5B #60442C #411006 #5D1406
  • The Leaven (1860): #84634C #CBAB8B #391F12 #57627C #504540 #603B1F
  • The Pharisee and the Publican (1860): #D1AD88 #05273A #B17B4B #9D8266 #764A20 #695E51
  • Sacrifice of Jephthah’s Daughter (1867): #5A3C2B #36342B #ADA29C #CBA37C #585243 #87796C
  • Effie Deans (1877): #34290D #59441E #806752 #8D6C3D #171308 #2A2916
  • Caller Herrin (1886): #869555 #B4B161 #AD8119 #2A371E #5D5B22 #020905
  • Cymon and Iphigenia (1847): #232F22 #C88F66 #F2C89D #EEE9C4 #6E755B #9FA083
  • Ferdinand Lured by Ariel (1849): #08060F #AE9266 #846440 #0F111E #604327 #432F22
  • Wandering Thoughts (1855): #2A322F #182629 #E5C9AA #534E41 #BCA186 #573229
  • Only a Lock of Hair (1857): #19242C #53322B #362C2D #C49A79 #9B7053 #734936
  • The Departure of the Crusaders (1857): #372A1E #53302C #5F381E #624A37 #915930 #1B1610
  • Girl's Head (1864): #D6CFA7 #976230 #CB9F62 #564029 #3C372B #724624
  • Waking (1866): #DED9D4 #020805 #C1B3A2 #60482C #95836C #221D10
  • Vanessa (1868): #3D2512 #DDC597 #322A1F #2A1A0B #9D875E #5A3319
  • The Souvenir of Velázquez (1868): #1C120E #080605 #A77450 #332218 #875627 #CC9B7F
  • Stella (1868): #313529 #E4C399 #504632 #6C5B43 #B99974 #917859
  • Rosalind in the Forest (1870): #2B241F #666558 #444329 #433E36 #6E6947 #93907F
  • Flowing to the Sea (1871): #D0DCCF #A28B26 #B7C7CB #826F26 #CBB96E #95ACA9
  • Sir James Paget (1814-1899), Bt, Lecturer and Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital (1872): #272524 #403B36 #281C18 #141315 #AD8D72 #5C4737
  • Reflection (1873): #241F1A #CB4A0C #6B3916 #AB521A #432110 #DF9B43
  • Winter Fuel (1873): #806A4E #EBE4D5 #5B4731 #56391B #A08553 #3E2E20
  • Effie Millais, Née Gray (1873): #1F0A08 #554432 #0E0202 #27190D #3A1C13 #35281A
  • Picture of Health, Alice, the Artist's Daughter (1874): #070706 #362F1A #1E180C #4F3415 #4F4B3D #684921
  • Day Dreams (1874): #0A0806 #1D0E08 #232011 #2B100A #BAB1A0 #8E816C
  • Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower (1845-1916), Sculptor and Writer (1876): #0D0201 #2F0B04 #A97A4C #341D05 #200904 #4D3207
  • The Sound of Many Waters (1876): #402F18 #201307 #BEB6A5 #987F5D #6A5437 #979083
  • Mrs Leopold Reiss (1876): #28261F #1B1D1E #4F3424 #E3C194 #352619 #C19B71
  • Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891), 1st Earl Lytton (1876): #010716 #030409 #34342E #1A2128 #221E19 #514D3C
  • Reverend John Caird (1820-1898), Principal of Glasgow University (1880): #2F2922 #423325 #714C26 #1E1B0E #DAAC5D #A97C43
  • Puss in Boots (1877): #1E1712 #9D9B8B #CCC1A9 #4F2D1B #6C3C1A #755D36
  • The Good Resolve (1877): #6B4C34 #D4C797 #4B3C2C #9A744B #9C9C6D #7D7B51
  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1801-1885), 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, President of the Bible Society (1877): #1B1A16 #3E3121 #2D2115 #10100F #614E2B #BFA167
  • The Bride of Lammermoor (1878): #42382F #65502D #9B8A5C #473419 #191715 #2E2C31
  • A Jersey Lily (1878): #110F0A #30291C #040306 #CDBEA7 #9E8F76 #654E37
  • Meditation (1879): #1D160E #A08458 #77603A #2E2412 #584525 #C3A679
  • Princess Elizabeth in Prison at St James’s (1879): #292518 #3A2814 #543419 #171811 #714D21 #988459
  • Principal John Caird (1880): #1C1B16 #47301F #30251B #E4D6BF #B1835E #C4A888
  • James Fraser (1880): #27271B #473724 #151B14 #161C0E #CE9368 #E8B48C
  • Luther Holden (1815-1905), Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital (1880): #4F3E29 #0E0E11 #23282C #211F16 #372F22 #AA8A70
  • Sir Henry Thompson (1820-1904), Bt (1881): #0C0615 #342B28 #20171D #8A6945 #BB9E72 #040001
  • Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), 1st Baron Tennyson, Frs (1881): #232320 #120E0A #58250B #3A2114 #3F1907 #4B4641
  • The Barrett Children (1881): #241F2E #B2B4A6 #2E1D21 #4A3129 #171018 #3D3848
  • An Idyll Of (1884): #312516 #50391F #A67037 #7A623D #6A3B16 #D8BC87
  • William Ewart Gladstone (1885): #2C1C0E #161009 #22120D #4A1B11 #381710 #DDB37D
  • Isabella Elder, Née Ure (1886): #432D07 #0B0704 #35240A #20160A #5E3F12 #291A04
  • The Nest (1887): #220F03 #D4BE81 #BF984D #482607 #986625 #341905
  • Robert Rankin (1889): #76551C #CABE96 #9C7736 #322D05 #8D5114 #221F0C
  • Lingering Autumn (1890): #D6D4BC #96652F #704D29 #B8CAC7 #BF904C #4F371F
  • Rt Hon. William Ewart Gladstone (1890): #160C08 #4F231A #040303 #341612 #805F46 #B69071
  • Mary Chamberlain, Née Endicott (1891): #5D5036 #7F8783 #4E5B56 #423B2A #90795E #343E34
  • Little Speedwell's Darling Blue (1892): #A1977B #957C4E #C7BB9C #AC7D4A #644D28 #7E7154
  • Sir Richard Quain (1816-1898), Bt (1896): #1A180D #0D0D07 #2F2613 #B7AB8E #897B5D #4E422B
  • Sir Robert Pullar (1828-1912), Mp for Perth (1896): #1F1A17 #100D0E #29292B #34231A #DDB799 #735337
  • A Forerunner (1896): #28190C #40230D #613919 #875428 #181008 #A56F3B
  • Portrait of a Young Girl (1829-96): #CBBBA3 #871917 #32231B #AE9E77 #58442E #C29669
  • Non Angli Sed Angeli (1829-96): #553C1F #2A251A #D3B88C #826D4C #85582A #121009
  • The Conjuror (1847): #422816 #955E3C #2B2418 #26160C #5C2717 #0C0D09
  • Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1830-1903): #1D1C15 #927044 #3D3327 #6C522F #080805 #564B48
  • John Joseph Jones (1830-88): #20140B #4B371E #322311 #110603 #2C3B28 #DF8C41
  • Landscape, Hampstead (1848): #EAEAC6 #BE893F #8F802E #7A542B #3A3720 #5C5326
  • A Huguenot (1852): #080B05 #AA7A24 #383212 #8A842D #656B21 #6C4B17
  • The Black Brunswicker (1860): #1C1C23 #657153 #A4A09B #E5E3E1 #4F290F #2B253C
  • The Blind Girl (1856): #7C8398 #E0D56C #DFD28B #D18322 #BAAC6A #1E1010
  • Isabella (1849): #A29883 #CDCBCA #332F2A #8E754E #B89D6F #654A31
  • The Order of Release (1852): #090706 #CCBDAB #362522 #4B362D #6C3722 #6F5849
  • Christ in the House of His Parents (1849): #8D6D3E #4D4028 #BF9E60 #C0AD83 #654723 #EDD289
  • Ophelia (1851): #605E42 #554021 #353E2C #304317 #331F0E #90815E
  • A Dream of the Past: Sir Isumbras at the Ford (1857): #4D2716 #0C0906 #594830 #DAD7CF #BD8A50 #2D1D0D
  • The Princes in the Tower (1878): #382813 #161411 #261B10 #55441F #716131 #BB9A5F
  • Victory O Lord! (1871): #5A332C #7E4334 #3B2226 #F3C87B #B66A46 #FAE691
  • Bubbles (1886): #361F1E #1E1416 #54362E #714D3C #E6D9E5 #B8A7A6
  • Autumn Leaves (1856): #060805 #D7D1B7 #46270E #683C17 #864919 #81742C
  • John Ruskin (1853): #2C1E19 #492C20 #8A6747 #E9DAC3 #633B25 #D0B68C
  • The Ruling Passion (1885): #242E0D #8B6E24 #DBA845 #E09C24 #B07D21 #594B15
  • The Woodman's Daughter (1851): #828E10 #3C540A #6B680F #C6A623 #4C6E0D #CF1904
  • Saint Martin's Summer (1878): #1B0C09 #BA9862 #FDF7CE #30180B #422913 #E9CE9B
  • Mrs James Wyatt Jr and Her Daughter Sarah (1850): #13131D #30262B #B7A5AC #7D6F74 #51474E #503130
  • Dew-Drenched Furze (1889): #594C39 #A88763 #7F6F57 #383023 #CBB28C #271F15
  • News from Home (1856): #331C12 #20110D #4E2E18 #95784B #120C0C #694526
  • The Ransom (1860): #1B1520 #6F603A #51523C #947450 #674227 #895A30
  • The Captive (1882): #746244 #564830 #191915 #312A21 #43321F #433D32
  • Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind (1892): #BAB39C #908A79 #29251C #746A55 #544C3B #E6E2C7
  • Euphemia 'Effie' Chalmers Gray, Mrs John Ruskin (1828-1898), Later Lady Millais, with Foxgloves in Her Hair (the Foxglove) (1853): #1A1415 #4F4727 #362A1A #481B17 #5C1C14 #543219
  • Self-Portrait (1878): #322113 #4B2B16 #BC8540 #170F06 #83541F #6A441F
  • Eve of St Agnes (1863): #735A24 #4D3D1C #362C15 #98772D #242515 #412C14
  • My First Sermon (1863): #3D4122 #031409 #50511A #242D17 #0F1F0F #C44721
  • The Gipsy (1846): #B59971 #8D704D #70583D #4D4342 #533A24 #2E313F
  • The Parable of the Tares (1865): #3D2D1D #4B2A16 #6A401C #5B2612 #2B1C0F #5E4427
  • Face in Both Hands She Knelt on the Carpet (1861): #796A58 #4E3F39 #3A3D4F #A59477 #352520 #858285
  • Miss Anne Ryan (1829-96): #2B2721 #1B1D1E #CE9A5B #382719 #E4BD82 #AA7942
  • Portrait of Mrs Bischoffsheim (1873): #2E221B #4B3C2D #8C7058 #6B5849 #B79062 #1F1517
  • The Martyr of the Solway (1871): #5D483A #D9A57C #8F4B24 #BC7D52 #58321A #251611
  • Afternoon Tea or the Gossips (1889): #2C1F1E #E5D6B1 #7C4426 #CDAF80 #DEB162 #A57041
  • Chill October (1870): #EBD1AB #C4734C #7E5142 #914930 #612F24 #F7EFDA
  • Yes or No? (1871): #462D22 #2E211E #211E1E #664A34 #866545 #AA8C65
  • The Twins, Kate and Grace Hoare (1876): #0F1115 #6C532F #654516 #493419 #4F4941 #8F764E
  • Cimon and Iphigenia (1847): #9D633D #A78865 #C7B89C #745B3B #3B3822 #462A15
  • Juana of Arco (1865): #1D1109 #352112 #973012 #7F654D #523B27 #78260D
  • L'Enfant du Regiment (1854): #AA9673 #8F7146 #2B2224 #1C1B11 #7F6753 #6C4E2C
  • The Bridesmaid (1851): #75501C #59350E #0F112E #403016 #A48C60 #0F1146
  • Ducklings (1889): #331F14 #A78254 #502F14 #C0B595 #1D1716 #6E4820
  • Grace (1891): #121414 #79837E #464A3D #281C12 #5A391F #402919
  • Sweetest Eyes Were Ever Seen (1881): #2F1A0D #E8BC81 #4C3018 #1D0E06 #AF7E4B #735133
  • Princess Marie of Edinburgh (1882): #372C2C #231922 #78471B #9E9A8A #CAA184 #B5855F
  • Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1881): #302D27 #6D6441 #554D36 #141211 #3E3727 #AF936D
  • Wilkie Collins (1850): #181013 #291714 #673E27 #46291E #C09468 #E0C49B
  • Thomas Carlyle (1877): #170C09 #2F160D #422717 #6B4B31 #9E7450
  • William Ewart Gladstone (1879): #2A1F1C #1E1818 #443831 #B19476 #7F6449 #D5C4B9
  • Louise Jane Jopling (Née Goode, Later Rowe) (1879): #492A21 #1D1117 #341F1D #633F2D #291A20 #E7CCB3
  • Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1881): #0E0304 #725D2E #4E3912 #35190F #250905 #251814
  • John Newman (1881): #170A09 #82281D #5D160E #360F09 #A14738 #470F09
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1883): #0A0E06 #3C280C #1D1707 #F3BD7B #A6672D
  • Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1888): #100E0A #333125 #484638 #676056 #5F3917 #B78969
  • The Death of Romeo and Juliet (1848): #1D1F26 #4D4945 #8F7A64 #4A2D25 #352C2C #7A523B
  • William Carr Standish (1829-96): #2F2A24 #191813 #4A4941 #442417 #737266 #2C1E16
  • Boys Rabbiting (1829-96): #281E0E #161006 #513E23 #472C0D #836239 #A67F4F
  • Portrait of a Girl (1829-96): #1C1E13 #333C22 #A87837 #885422 #4C3118 #322313
  • The Proposal (1829-96): #18170F #6D5A1B #272311 #362F14 #D0C787 #4A3911
  • Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-89): #2C1C0E #402E1A #190E06 #0C0301 #8F6741 #C59662
  • Cinderella (1881): #070906 #3B341F #D2BD84 #1C1A0F #A98B59 #7E653C
  • The Minuet: #858995 #D5CDD7 #A97B5C #7D614B #626165 #444142
  • Apple Blossoms (Also Known as Spring) (1856): #645E20 #4C4321 #8F8646 #19191B #E6CD91 #837D75
  • The Tribe of Benjamin Seizing the Daughter of Shiloh (1847): #C4A778 #9D6918 #959B92 #7A5D14 #5B1A03 #68460B
  • The Highland Lassie (1854): #1E1E15 #B3ABA0 #AA8281 #93625D #4A251C #383420

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

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