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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 William Waterhouse

Waterhouse painted mythology in lush, atmospheric color. His palette of deep green, rose, and golden light creates dreamlike spaces where legend feels tangible.

Palette: #6A4F35 #453A2E #BBA790 #997253 #0F0B0B #CCA270 #B98351 #8C4B27

  • The Rescue" By (1890): #CCBB9E #A39D82 #766344 #50301F #9D8362 #82462C
  • A Naiad Alternative Title(s): Hylas with a Nymph (1893): #594635 #8B694B #382E24 #231C15 #0C0A06 #C19664
  • Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus (1891): #36211C #6F5D4E #1E0F0E #4C3D33 #553829 #715136
  • The Enchanted Garden: #786244 #533F22 #B3886E #25130A #3B2713 #504C3D
  • Circe (1892): #085143 #442C1E #18352E #291710 #10211E #896847
  • The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius: #8C795C #BC8F58 #CFB380 #412F2C #94663D #AAA38A
  • Diogenes (1882): #B19E78 #7C664C #30201B #534232 #9F7854 #CDC49D
  • Lamia (1905): #342C20 #3A2912 #574938 #55340F #190804 #855F39
  • Portrait of the Artist's Wife Alternative Title(s): Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1885): #30202D #130E1A #816267 #573036 #5A404A #7C413F
  • The Siren (1900): #44382C #272723 #465851 #645643 #8A897A #E1BE98
  • A Naiad or Hylas with a Nymph (1893): #5A3E40 #835D55 #39262D #925D4D #6C433C #B97457
  • Circe (1911): #8D7D5F #A92D26 #302A27 #3B2518 #64553F #583220
  • Echo and Narcissus (1903): #4A3F1C #8A7A5B #64573A #89733E #E7BC89 #C19967
  • Fair Rosamund (1916): #29211C #263A42 #4A4336 #9C9574 #4A2E23 #1A2327
  • La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1893): #3D3324 #5A3A25 #625337 #632B23 #865436 #94724B
  • Pandora (1896): #211910 #332B1D #604D43 #3B2513 #53361A #122238
  • Spring Spreads One Green Lap of Flowers (1910): #464C2D #31251B #CA9E8D #E5CDB7 #2A3016 #756B53
  • The Crystal Ball (1902): #BC996E #181214 #956D4A #5C1922 #724D38 #332B2E
  • The Missal (<a h): #141A29 #2D3139 #A8A6A4 #5B594F #7E7E76 #EEECE6
  • Ulysses and the Sirens (1891): #534031 #645E53 #293E49 #7B5A35 #3C342E #292321
  • Undine (1872): #806D4A #534B31 #E8D3B1 #BFAD97 #CBAE83 #3A3725
  • A Naiad: #60471E #866226 #423316 #2F2410 #7E7247 #CDA648
  • Ariadne (1898): #805131 #B8463B #5A2824 #44191F #2F111E #BB8D5C
  • At Capri (1890): #B7B09A #4D5B3C #677656 #988B69 #9C7553 #6E5033
  • The Shrine (<a h): #CCAB93 #503B3C #E7D7CC #826459 #28252A #844140
  • Consulting the Oracle (1884): #1C171C #09060A #473938 #72625A #C7B4A3 #938882
  • Miranda (1875): #C3AE9B #5A6466 #839297 #7B5D43 #543220 #A27559
  • Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus (1900): #181A13 #746035 #48452B #B2915A #67684C #332A0F
  • The Awakening of Adonis (1899): #382B2A #1C1418 #D0A780 #59473A #9D6E50 #7A6653
  • The Lady Clare" By (1900): #0E060D #5B2127 #311B25 #5B3C46 #7E6767 #EAE4DB
  • The Tempest (1916): #979B95 #72725C #A79476 #7D643A #061106 #C0C6BF
  • Hylas and the Nymphs (1896): #1E1019 #372222 #58332D #AC7F52 #7D5F42 #F5E9D7
  • A Song of Springtime (1913): #5C5C3C #A0A291 #A98D6F #404835 #647882 #2D3023
  • Circe (1911): #88795C #AE3129 #61513D #492B1B #B39D72 #D3C399
  • Study for Dante and Matilda (1914): #6A5844 #46372E #A59581 #241815 #E7E1D3 #553825
  • Dolce Far Niente (1879): #E9E3E4 #2C232B #5A4A49 #110E12 #C8BEBD #807A79
  • I am Half Sick of Shadows" Said the Lady of Shalott (1916): #2F201C #AD4039 #7E7E67 #782E2A #3D2018 #54544C
  • Lady on a Balcony, Capri (1889): #C7C0AD #635C36 #666250 #473F2C #8D8773 #97AEB2
  • Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod (1887): #13100C #D9D9D5 #2D1F18 #B2AEA0 #68442A #8E8370
  • Matilda (1915): #433A24 #E8D9BF #2D281B #66593E #BDA991 #978870
  • Head of Orpheus (Study for Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus): #434C42 #353225 #202E2A #1B1C16 #3B2417 #645139
  • Spring Spreads One Green Lap of Flowers (1910): #4B4E31 #1F1811 #E0C9B2 #2D3319 #433022 #D39B8D
  • The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot (1894): #39301F #232011 #BFA486 #582F11 #86745B #554C36
  • The Mystic Wood (1914): #2B212C #5A4A4A #423037 #867267 #100D18 #754C43
  • The Shrine (1895): #CCB7B6 #48342F #291B1D #614B4C #99817D #9C7458
  • The Soul of the Rose (1903): #333326 #8D8464 #756434 #0C0A0E #CB9869 #504321
  • Thisbe (1903): #91836C #2C241F #6C5E48 #443224 #814136 #414035
  • Touchstone, the Jester: #363A2F #1D2221 #575940 #824830 #987234 #B09038
  • Two Little Italian Girls by a Village (1875): #6E5748 #D1B9B8 #534549 #947B6D #30262F #3B2828
  • Undine (1872): #776644 #C7B295 #A38A63 #4F4830 #EDD9B7 #383422
  • Vain Lamorna, a Study for Lamia: #4B412A #3D3D35 #445B68 #C5B397 #6B6553 #654C26
  • A Grecian Flower Market (1880): #5F3C2E #D9D3B4 #36241E #BCAD95 #6D2C24 #956652
  • After the Dance (1876): #351E18 #AC8553 #A65930 #7D5532 #513021 #673219
  • At Capri (1890): #B9B19B #5E6B4A #3B422B #999373 #A77E5C #4C685C
  • Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1885): #16101B #372633 #5F424B #703B3C #927478 #95534B
  • Penelope and the Suitors (1912): #342925 #201A17 #472A25 #6E473E #6A5C54 #98433F
  • The Spinner (1874): #29130A #462611 #63340F #A86111 #EEDFD0 #926A43
  • Lamia (1909): #3A3B30 #83806C #C9A28C #5D563C #AB8857 #82734B
  • Lamia and the Soldier (1905): #1B1B1D #655340 #302A26 #403428 #B1997A #917C66
  • Miranda (1875): #7F8F93 #C7B09D #5D6466 #7F6248 #275858 #E4DACF
  • The Slave (1872): #A18860 #161E2E #443742 #7F6852 #64504E #060E1E
  • A Naiad (1893): #644F3B #413528 #917153 #231F17 #100C06 #342214
  • A Roman Offering (1890): #977F5F #372D19 #85603A #59451F #241F14 #615136
  • Apollo and Daphne (1908): #463838 #2A2124 #171012 #794941 #5B3835 #C38466
  • The Danaides (1906): #242424 #7E7766 #393C38 #50493E #80673E #DBC99D
  • Flora (1914): #716D35 #827C65 #E7C6AB #2F291B #524934 #A4985B
  • Gone, but Not Forgotten (1873): #69583C #CAAA73 #493C29 #917B4E #A2A074 #362919
  • A Mermaid (1900): #4C4942 #261C19 #203C46 #B49D86 #35312D #727779
  • The Lady of Shalott (1888): #121310 #37322D #5C4E42 #877863 #452C22 #7E543A
  • La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1893): #403526 #593B26 #735D3D #272119 #662C23 #8C4B33
  • Destiny (1900): #472120 #B9B5B8 #B54D34 #784733 #591F1C #CC986D
  • Circe (1892): #095143 #442C1E #15342D #291710 #11221F #0B1613
  • Echo and Narcissus (1903): #5B4D29 #3F351D #88723C #998763 #EDC591 #7C6B50
  • Jason and Medea (1907): #29201C #8B7C62 #6B131A #67492C #993D3B #5D221D
  • Saint Eulalia (1885): #DBCCB8 #6E5446 #9F806C #B79E8B #483128 #9D6655
  • Sleep and His Half-Brother Death (1874): #332126 #181017 #583C38 #A0694E #DEC592 #C3A073
  • The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius (1883): #21181A #D1BC8F #A9A28A #D3AB72 #9F875E #867D67
  • The Magic Circle (1886): #705A42 #A6957C #6D675A #513E34 #281618 #3C2A26
  • The Sorceress (1911): #3D211F #834A33 #B96D4C #230E10 #C29C76 #5D3D34
  • The Unwelcome Companion: a Street Scene in Cairo (1872): #8C6957 #3A2027 #5E3E3B #E1C19E #54212A #140C14
  • Hylas and the Nymphs (1896): #1E1019 #352121 #503E39 #866547 #F5E7D0 #E3C19B
  • Cleopatra (1888): #B08341 #D7CEBE #AD9C88 #957C5D #D4AC7D #221D14
  • A Tale from the Decameron (1916): #5A5338 #2C291C #DC9F72 #6E4929 #ECCA9A #9B753F
  • Diogenes (1882): #846E52 #B19E78 #30211B #554535 #5F3E2A #CDC39D
  • The Enchanted Garden (1916): #7B6546 #120F0A #5C4A2F #27160B #B3876C #42301C
  • The Annunciation (1914): #5F3C36 #BFAF9F #3A1A16 #85635B #EFEDC5 #59446B
  • Windflowers (1903): #6C5F13 #DAD6C8 #736830 #AD9D8E #533C0E #836F58
  • Study for Decameron (1916): #8D4D1D #372B0A #453F13 #775924 #535528 #A67F48
  • Head Study for 'the Enchanted Garden (1916): #868581 #646869 #BBAC9A #4E4F4B #35383A #998063
  • Juliet (1898): #867267 #B29D90 #56473C #3E3028 #4B4E48 #893430
  • Mariana in the South (1897): #8E846B #C6C5C3 #35351D #64522F #2F1D10 #202112
  • Study for Mariana in the South (1897): #0E1315 #A9A064 #222322 #7B6C42 #3B362E #5A4E39
  • The Missal (1902): #1B202F #9D9C97 #75776E #2E2A2D #535047 #EBEAE3
  • Tristan and Isolde with the Potion (1916): #37312C #B7504F #584233 #102116 #855E3D #827970
  • Study for Ophelia (1910): #807267 #674D3E #201E1A #392A1E #463A32 #997056
  • In the Peristyle (1874): #796D45 #B5AE92 #453E23 #9D906E #252214 #A66B48
  • Psyche Opening the Door Into Cupid's Garden (1903): #5E4231 #34261B #C38F73 #9D6250 #7D4433 #8D7056
  • Psyche Opening the Golden Box (1904): #3F3925 #AD7E4F #2C2313 #5F573D #1D160B #0E0804
  • The Remorse of the Emperor Nero After the Murder of His Mother (1878): #D1AC6D #58413F #A2805B #161014 #F3DA8D #82634D
  • St. Joan: #252335 #D79C69 #9FAF84 #1D1C27 #936C4F #4D433D
  • A Sick Child Brought Into the Temple of Aesculapius (1877): #A98F6F #5F4A2D #E8E5DE #49582B #7E4E27 #DEC495
  • The Awakening of Adonis (1899): #1B1418 #614F40 #3F3232 #D3AC89 #9D785D #3E261E
  • The Bouquet (1908): #20331F #35311C #53665B #BCAA98 #645B41 #402916
  • Study for the Head for Echo and Narcissus. (1903): #CEAC97 #60463A #3B2D23 #D7C5C7 #A88570 #8B6C5C
  • Hamadryad (1893): #44382A #332719 #6A5942 #804F2B #A27A53 #ECC491
  • Gathering Almond Blossoms (1916): #614A3A #31201D #462420 #703931 #F9F3E7 #93735C
  • Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden (1893): #695853 #EAE2DC #D1BAAD #A5897E #413D40 #946B56
  • Miss Betty Pollock (1911): #BCA890 #563C39 #3C2425 #211019 #816762 #C48C60
  • Narcissus (1912): #755C53 #4D3D3A #2B1F1F #B0515B #D99F98 #130C0E
  • Sweet Summer (1912): #615829 #4D492D #818255 #D4B66F #353B2F #100E0A
  • The Flower Picker (1900): #947D5F #BBA366 #615D50 #646B89 #383133 #F9EEE2
  • The Rose Bower (1910): #AA8277 #100A0E #342826 #50443E #201616 #501E23
  • Flora and the Zephyrs (1898): #4B5849 #7C7F60 #4E4D2E #2F362A #969FA1 #EEE8DC
  • Saint Cecilia (1895): #141817 #76705F #2B2D24 #484332 #C3C0BC #AEA695
  • In the Harem: #513925 #9C7247 #482618 #7F6044 #352219 #C29150
  • Day Dreams (1879): #D9D3BF #968E75 #5A5244 #BFB59A #52686B #6B8786
  • Phyllis: #524C3A #BEAC8E #352E21 #776142 #928468 #6E6E5C
  • Phyllis and Demophoon (1905): #82694E #BF9D91 #5C4223 #854829 #594C42 #F2D0C2
  • Study in Oils (1917): #C5A688 #30281E #68635D #956E52 #5C4833 #7A2814
  • Psyche Entering Cupid's Garden (1903): #71683F #D6B388 #4E4B23 #B58967 #453714 #946949
  • The Unwelcome Companion (1872): #80724E #5C4E25 #AB966A #3F2911 #5E1412 #490E0E
  • A Neapolitan Flax Spinner (1877): #2E251C #BB8E41 #4C3924 #936D39 #68522F #6E4827

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