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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 Marin

John Marin was an early American modernist visual artist. He is known for his abstract landscape paintings and watercolors.

Palette: #BFB8AA #788497 #8A6F4A #16191C #3C5C80 #D8B975 #D5BB2B #883C26

  • Nicolas: #7A8B8C #58696B #121D2E #1E1619 #424D50 #1B374E
  • Downtown (1923): #C0B7AB #676260 #979089 #817B76 #474342 #906854
  • Castorland: #9CA497 #588C84 #0A6F89 #16796A #196255 #A3933F
  • Untitled (the Blue Sea) (1921): #A38C85 #72686D #29212B #EEE8E8 #50526E #8C6C53
  • Lower Manhattan (1920): #796757 #AA987B #646C74 #4F453F #221D1B #3B2E26
  • Astrazione (1917): #DAD2C2 #9F9081 #F4F3EF #183F35 #F3DD3F #C2B587
  • Lower Manhattam (1923): #E8E0D0 #CBBBA6 #767473 #A2A19F #343848 #50525E
  • Peschi in Fiore N. 3 (Saddle River District, New Jersey) (1948): #EBE8E0 #D1C7B5 #9F866D #BEA992 #574431 #785C3A
  • Uragano (1944): #C8BEAF #917C60 #9B9287 #685C4E #B69D7D #0E0906
  • Maine Coast: #DDD9D4 #A5A8C0 #4C4A51 #747272 #73779E #B39A7D
  • On Road to Sparkill: #DDDDD4 #92A1B1 #B8C3B0 #3F5967 #97AA89 #D4B99F
  • Small Point, Maine: #DDCFBE #D8BF88 #8D7D70 #B9A899 #ADB4B8 #6D7B8E
  • Lower Manhattan (Composing Derived from Top of Woolworth) (1922): #474340 #D7D0C2 #A09B90 #676979 #86654A #746B5D
  • Lower Manhattan (1920): #979387 #65625A #3A322E #829D9E #D0C4AE #8C7361
  • Island (1914): #D0C8CA #696E78 #95939F #D5A97A #DCBC9C #0F4F46
  • Stonington, Maine (1921): #F3E7C3 #D4C7B1 #AB9C85 #D5CB0F #9E5731 #DED149
  • Sunset (1922): #A8BC9F #DCDCBF #779D85 #0E3F2F #5C7A61 #245B41
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1912): #C5C1D5 #D9C0B2 #9C90AE #786481 #8D94C7 #6C79BA
  • New York City Woolworth Bridge Under Construction (1911): #DAD9E0 #C3B5BE #AB9093 #9F899D #806888 #9D7A70
  • Movement in Red, Blue, Green, and Umber (1950): #BAB5B8 #8D8684 #776456 #636462 #5E473C #4A4B49
  • Sea -- Dark Green and Yellow: #202223 #4E5756 #ACA59B #2F393B #EEE4D9 #747874
  • The Tree (1917): #EDEBE4 #B3BCAE #6E7E75 #E7DBB9 #B9C7DF #A89F70
  • Tree (1917): #AAA49A #808583 #AA9F75 #5D6C85 #5D6963 #404943
  • Tunk Mountains, Autumn, Maine (1945): #E2CFB0 #8A7A59 #B8A581 #61563B #B79562 #A23B23
  • The Tree (1917): #EDEBE4 #7E8C81 #B1BBAE #E4D9BA #C6D0E0 #DBBC8C
  • Untitled (the Blue Sea) (1921): #A8928A #74625F #E5DEE0 #263476 #0A0714 #4A4C6A
  • The Sea, Maine (1921): #DCC18B #E7E6D2 #48647B #7992A1 #1E3468 #354A7F

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