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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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John La Farge

10 works, 1859 to 1903.

Palette: #C1AD86 #7E98A5 #5D664F #1D2328 #423628 #6F5526 #837150 #DFD7C5

  • Nocturne (ca. 1885): #EBE0D3 #5F7B99 #375776 #8D9BA8
  • Autumn Study, View Over Hanging Rock, Newport, R.i. (1868): #D9DEDD #403129 #86724E #5B4B38 #52322B
  • The Muse of Painting (1870): #493F2B #29281F #999673 #C7C18D #675F46 #8E774C
  • Portrait of the Painter (1859): #7C612B #614E25 #09131E #563822 #714C20 #1C1B22
  • The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, Known as the Daibutsu, from the Priest's Garden (1887): #C1D6DE #334B39 #858E80 #7C6F4D #A1ADA4 #5A6863
  • A Bacchante (1897): #C0B8B9 #3382AF #0F69A7 #A28B89 #6997B0 #796875
  • Song of the Siren (ca. 1883-84): #CDAF88 #A5ADA4 #607252 #7E6E5D #4D5445 #768F77
  • Bar Harbor, Twilight (1896): #D6D1BA #7A98A0 #B1B9B4 #E4D1A9
  • The Moral and Divine Law: Moses Receives the Law on Mount Sinai; Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul (1903): #C4AF89 #756F6C #9A897C #252944 #58434A #2B444F
  • Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa (1891): #768578 #54674E #3E534A #88A7AE #B3C9D4 #ADA9A2

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