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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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Juan Gris

Gris brought chromatic clarity to Cubism's fractured forms. His palette of cool blue, warm brown, and gray renders still lifes with architectural precision and poetic color.

Palette: #583721 #312D28 #92642B #AC8E65 #7F7058 #7B5B3D #E0DDD5 #852F24

  • Fantômas (1915): #88592A #0A0A0A #6B4C2D #E4E2D6 #937A84 #288954
  • Bottle of Rum and Newspaper (1913): #89765E #495A94 #664D3D #617663 #56444E #8C8E88
  • Pipe and Domino (1924): #E4D5B3 #999189 #71665D #795535 #404141 #997554
  • Bowl of Fruit (1924): #B5A899 #E2D9CF #785839 #807363 #543C27 #5B5343
  • Pierrot with Book (1924): #644E3D #7B7061 #2F2922 #798A87 #4F5952 #A08B7C
  • Still Life with Guitar (1924): #9C8E80 #EBEAE3 #5B4731 #916644 #756751 #CBC2B7
  • Gris, Nature Morte ( Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg ) (1922): #5C401F #CBB48A #908373 #0B0C0F #8B6E44 #221B14
  • Still Life Before an Open Window, Place Ravignan (1915): #0C1B0E #698CC4 #4F73BD #558095 #255C87 #1D4E68
  • Abstraction (1915): #353B3C #859292 #4A6A98 #63839F #734E3A #5E6662
  • Glas und Karaffe (1917): #382F35 #673936 #B2A892 #80645D #605D64 #444647
  • Glass and Water Bottle (1917): #12171A #293133 #E5D1AA #915E4A #634A44 #685F56
  • Grappe de Raisin et Poire (Sept): #2F2924 #615C31 #A8A79C #544327 #7A9168 #988E72
  • Guitar and Pipe (1913): #211911 #866434 #996358 #B29967 #584C38 #DCD9DF
  • Guitare sur Une Table Guitar on a Table (1915): #171413 #6C3E1E #668BB8 #3C649B #D1CDBC #094621
  • Still Life with Checkered Tablecloth (Marc): #B2B5A3 #5C8477 #2C2E2C #46635D #818777 #906E58
  • Still Life with Guitar (1920): #161C1A #956E23 #B09553 #89735D #41667A #463321
  • Still Life with Newspaper (1916): #23292B #3E494C #DEDACB #623E2B #72776E #433327
  • Cruche et Verre sur Une Table (1916): #B6D8CD #151F1C #3C3324 #5EA3BA #77B8C1 #5F7B75
  • Violin and Checkerboard (6 No): #A9622C #557FA9 #4B8768 #EDAB10 #C68661 #8C5622
  • The Sunblind. (1914): #B37E5B #965733 #5E727C #2A1622 #A4908E #6E362B
  • Stilleben mit Bordeuauxflasche (1919): #8D471C #B69F8D #B16E31 #827442 #210907 #71331C
  • Still Life with a White Cloud: #7B4D13 #6C6B6A #CFC3A0 #272529 #AA822E #39200D
  • Juan Legua (1911): #171211 #675C4E #403A31 #26221E #C09B77 #917E68
  • Still Life with Checked Tablecloth (Pari): #233937 #191C1D #A6A5A2 #56605C #784E3F #205046
  • Still Life Before an Open Window Aka Place Ravignan (1915): #303D39 #5893C7 #162319 #4D6061 #4D6888 #73ADA2
  • Guitar in Front of the Sea (1925): #70625D #C1B0A5 #86828D #331812 #45403E #552719
  • Harlequin with Violin (1919): #14171A #B77335 #403F42 #F6C980 #6A645F #232632
  • Glass and Bottle (1919): #1B1A15 #2B2B36 #494851 #7F7C6F #451B16 #95622C
  • Guitar and Newspaper (1925): #AE9A82 #716355 #4D1913 #5F492A #82311C #A59D9B
  • The Guitar (1918): #7C4F11 #8F7A5C #0B0714 #3A2018 #4B4B47 #68461F
  • The Musician's Table (1926): #9C888C #13110E #C7B4C5 #5A3B2C #745C54 #7B1006
  • The Singer (1926): #332323 #574E51 #553D26 #5F2211 #707DA4 #934835
  • Inlaid Guitar (1925): #4E2022 #A49B96 #D8D1CC #1E1E2D #6B6063 #3F415A
  • The White Tablecloth (1916): #876439 #A79B6F #3C4135 #1A1A18 #5C3A1A #CFCEC3
  • Bottle of Rum and Newspaper (1913): #604939 #4B5D96 #9B8E7D #56464E #748B78 #8A3F34
  • Guitar on a Table (1915): #171512 #6489B6 #D1CEC1 #41679E #64351A #7A4B27
  • Glass and Water Bottle (1917): #111618 #272F31 #E3CEA7 #905E4A #614A45 #3E4141
  • The Bottle of Bordeaux (1915): #8F7852 #333C3F #6A4E49 #2B6AB0 #6F4F31 #CDDBE1
  • Still Life with Violin and Music Sheet (1914): #B9B7B8 #8D6A3B #454A53 #29292C #906C59 #684729
  • Newspaper and Fruit Dish (1916): #100F0E #434445 #8C6E39 #314885 #5F522A #B7B3AB
  • Still Life (1916): #A48F65 #C5B9A6 #2E2E2F #725C37 #5D5C59 #452E18
  • Fruit Dish and Glass (Still Life with Lemons) (1923): #69402B #9B773E #403B32 #ABAD89 #A16423 #827E52
  • Checkerboard and Playing Cards (1915): #252426 #5B444D #3A2722 #B5AEA1 #4E7353 #65746A
  • Glass and Checkerboard (1917): #3E4335 #CEAF80 #93603C #756B51 #A39D7B #292924
  • Still Life with a Book (1913): #684760 #6D553A #442D25 #556F4E #AF8811 #636A6A
  • The Breakfast (1915): #14181D #456A5B #AFA089 #396397 #B07F42 #265040
  • The Music Paper (1913): #C6C4BA #A97D2C #776769 #2D6287 #7A613D #3C3D2C
  • The Coffee Mill (1916): #454137 #656356 #924A2B #92918C #9B7426 #DDD0B9
  • Glass and Newspaper (1916): #C0BCB1 #30322F #A67D48 #646762 #8FAB98 #855F3A
  • Still Life on a Chair (1917): #191816 #4A2115 #080808 #895611 #D6C5A5 #376C65
  • Pears and Grapes on a Table (1913): #33322B #928D81 #61382C #7F322D #1C1B19 #565650
  • Coffee Grinder and Glass (1915): #141E15 #947B75 #314333 #5A4B39 #6A675F #3F2D18
  • Still Life (1916): #110313 #351615 #9F6F28 #694D2D #EEE7A6 #B2AC98
  • Le Canigou (1921): #363336 #716E70 #9B9EC2 #A78D5C #5C4734 #171419
  • Pierrot (1921): #A7A7B2 #8C6F28 #3C3D36 #E4E2E5 #DFCCA1 #1D1E18
  • Carafe, Cups and Glasses (1913): #28292D #9E8560 #787C82 #41444C #9FA9B7 #3A6A60
  • Still Life with Guitar: #1D1D17 #966A2A #4E2914 #26190F #3B393C #8B6347
  • Still Life: Table with Red Cloth (1926): #BEB5B5 #37281B #5D4A34 #80746B #22150C #A03A14
  • The Compote (1920): #191110 #865911 #EECF90 #473523 #B1AC95 #7F881C
  • Violin and Glass (1915): #21201E #73866C #995926 #D3CABC #B68446 #546052
  • Pierrot at the Curtain (1924): #8A645D #904335 #8E8460 #64463A #B3928E #8B959A
  • The Glass (1918): #505D64 #1F201B #C8BFAD #A97A34 #52361F #3B3E3C
  • Glass on Table (1916): #653305 #E1DAD8 #070606 #3C4952 #76A3D0 #08416B
  • The Pear (1919): #191C1F #51616C #542F24 #967332 #B9B6B6 #432B27
  • Breakfast (1914): #E8DFD1 #895B27 #31686F #C4B19B #633F16 #B38A62
  • Playing Cards and Sifon (1916): #5D6372 #262A37 #CBA67A #171824 #364351 #A98966
  • Still Life with a White Cloud (1921): #868E97 #F0EEDE #99682E #C2A061 #461E13 #C6DEEE
  • The Bottle of Anís del Mono (1914): #CEC8B4 #7B786A #947036 #27251F #6E481A #816A3F
  • Guitar and Fruit Bowl on a Table (1918): #303130 #65645B #DFCFAD #BAA26D #826435 #908873
  • Guitar and Pipe (1913): #2B2D31 #845055 #494840 #948361 #CED0C5 #5D4735
  • Still Life Before an Open Window, Place Ravignan (1915): #0E1D10 #5B80C2 #7C9CCB #93777C #215B84 #3A5BAE
  • Carafe and Book (1920): #36404A #050F0C #CEC3BB #87723C #342F19 #C8B08A
  • Coffee Grinder (1920): #3E4246 #031112 #262A1A #96763A #CFB78F #CAC7CB
  • The Open Window (1921): #292420 #6B686E #D8D5E4 #ACAAB9 #6D472D #938C8C
  • Coffee Grinder, Cup and Glass on a Table (1915): #D4B897 #A47D5E #201E24 #704321 #4E3020 #3C353B
  • Violin and Guitar (1913): #666276 #20272D #A35E39 #2C5BA9 #E2DCF1 #BF9192
  • Wine Jug and Glass (1916): #251E26 #70502E #B9AC9B #3B343D #A08D76 #5B3C2D
  • Grapes (1916): #282E3C #161A21 #38453A #C4AF9B #84651C #EBE3CC
  • View Across the Bay (1921): #1C1D1D #3A4043 #426672 #533A27 #0A0A0A #35231E
  • Still Life with a Poem (1915): #43413E #B1823A #B38C90 #852D2E #85B5F3 #D4C788
  • Bottle and Fruit Dish (1919): #4C586B #D0CED5 #5D3425 #7A8D88 #120F16 #6E848E
  • The Smoker (Frank Haviland) (1913): #191617 #3C6A3B #405177 #AF753E #305232 #293042
  • Seated Woman (1917): #0A0D0D #42494F #272D4B #F4F4E6 #A7AAA7 #AA7A31
  • Still Life with Newspaper (1916): #22282B #3F494B #DCD9C8 #737971 #613D2C #453426
  • Abstraction (1915): #34383B #47658C #869393 #6383A0 #734E3A #4A554E
  • Bowl and Pot (1912): #B0AA91 #585752 #838277 #836750 #32302B #5D4B3C
  • Cubist Still Life (1915): #353535 #31769F #734D40 #819E6C #863D38 #959F9A
  • Siphon and Fruitdish (1920): #0D0F0B #577969 #5FAAB4 #25333B #1B211C #E7F4E7
  • Playing Cards and Siphon (1916): #444544 #090A0C #9E6D41 #202223 #2E302E #AB8F6C
  • Water-Bottle and Lemon (1916): #9C7552 #28282A #837561 #5C3932 #52463B #C3B08B
  • Pipe and Fruit-Dish with Grapes (1918): #3D4348 #4B6B40 #8A562B #161615 #C5C2B5 #663C2D
  • Pipe, Bowl and Spoon (1920): #312013 #784E28 #151510 #B7C29B #333328 #8F6733
  • Houses at Beaulieu (1918): #4B4557 #6785A8 #0E0A11 #ABA687 #777B66 #732725
  • The Guitar on the Table (1913): #BDBAB4 #0C0A0F #465E82 #DBE5E7 #C88D6D #747077
  • The Violin (1916): #15091A #3F4648 #5B3935 #20314B #88727A #10010C
  • Bottle of Wine (1918): #3F392B #161417 #D3BF91 #7F5321 #5E5E52 #2E281E
  • The Garden (1916): #181F16 #E1C194 #0D1110 #95A498 #33392D #565845
  • Still Life in Front of the Cabinet (1920): #BFB99F #645539 #30201C #583C1E #170B19 #87742A
  • Book of Music (1922): #0F060B #303038 #8C6739 #928776 #4B2C18 #B69776
  • The Lemon (1919): #5F5B4D #DBC6AB #1D1F1D #434342 #9C8E79 #C19D17
  • Table at a Café (1912): #BDC8D3 #7C97B6 #83939A #405663 #263841 #9DB2CB
  • The Checkerboard (1915): #2E2E2C #75452F #594538 #314939 #457448 #BFB580
  • Glass and Playing Cards (1915): #191511 #869AA0 #2B1913 #70765F #19211A #25301E
  • The Glass of Beer (1914): #55422B #75502F #312F23 #71451A #1B170F #37291A
  • Abstraction (Guitar and Glass) (1913): #8F9CAF #6D402D #322B26 #826748 #51261A #EDE3D1
  • Mandolin and Fruit Dish (1925): #717673 #9EAAAB #613517 #2D2D2C #0F171A #DBE0E2
  • A Dish of Grapes and a Pipe on a Table (1918): #3C2A19 #B59B69 #462F0B #201915 #0A0505 #39110A
  • Chessboard, Glass, and Dish (1917): #181B0E #5D5F51 #643E10 #C9924F #885315 #3E4315
  • Coffeepot (1916): #0D0D0A #2D2D24 #C1B5A3 #3B1708 #7C410B #3D3013
  • Dish of Fruit (1916): #3B432E #151613 #41230F #7A4E17 #E7E0C7 #5C3614
  • Knife (1926): #4B3A29 #758A7F #AD6B3D #BA3B2F #DED4CB #901F20
  • Lamp (1916): #141314 #AAAA9B #84642C #2B2A2B #534E49 #2A5A33
  • Man in a Café (1912): #1C1A17 #9D9A93 #36312B #C6C2B6 #585249 #836E4C
  • Open Window (1917): #453E2B #1A1A18 #442A16 #A7AD95 #7D765C #CBB689
  • Still Life with a Glass (1917): #422611 #181810 #CCBA89 #623A15 #675637 #1C2E16
  • Violin (1913): #8D7F58 #B68B82 #8F5F38 #1C1716 #D4D3D3 #675A2D
  • Fruit Dish on a Checkered Tablecloth (1917): #241E17 #0F0C10 #99916F #D2C8A3 #1E100B #6D764E
  • Newspaper and Fruit Dish (1916): #CCA712 #545455 #CAC7B8 #877136 #282829 #533A2A
  • Still Life with Flowers (1912): #26241D #BEC092 #4F4A36 #8E9073 #DDE1CD #AEB8B6
  • Guitar and Glasses (1914): #252322 #57503F #945E11 #744C0E #82765D #A59477
  • Sideboard (1917): #543528 #32332E #272525 #9D682D #455339 #EDE0BC
  • Still Life with Checked Tablecloth (1915): #B1B19B #66887C #5F6D69 #2A2C2B #8F6E59 #2F454E
  • Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds (1912): #595B47 #2F2826 #96A5AF #4D362F #858672 #597488
  • Fantomas (1915): #8B5B2E #070707 #E8E6DB #927587 #572015 #2A8C56
  • The Smoker (1913): #E7CDA7 #907961 #BFA383 #5E4B38 #3B2C21
  • The Bottle of Banyuls (1914): #BA8A55 #D9DCD9 #C3AC94 #946434 #8E735D #715439
  • Bottle and Fruit Bowl (Bottle (1916): #222428 #A07833 #8C897E #E1D6BA #4F4D42 #603226
  • The Guitar (Still Life with Guitar) (1916): #0E0D10 #6F6E73 #633F27 #4C4C56 #35241D #2F303A
  • Glass and Newspaper (1917): #4D5A5F #212121 #CFC0AC #3D302B #9F6836 #C18B3B
  • Fruit Bowl, Pipe and Journal (1917): #323435 #573C20 #E2D7BF #647C50 #1B1B1D #4E5352
  • The Basket (1924): #93846E #685C4B #271F1E #41413A #554030 #59331E
  • Playing Cards and Glass of Beer (1913): #201D15 #30362D #9E4410 #592C13 #3B2F1F #77431B
  • Pen and Pipe (1913): #928A7E #D5CEC8 #465C64 #77492D #32383A #482F29
  • Fruit Bowl on a Blue Cloth (1916): #9F6C04 #5E5740 #456477 #728D4E #ECC98F #4E2D07
  • The Tankard (1913): #BDAA8D #875226 #7F7464 #161717 #534F46 #5C9089
  • Le Guéridon Devant la Fenêtre (1921): #471E0D #5B513B #AFAD99 #150E14 #352823 #784F23
  • Still Life with a Bottle of Bordeaux (1919): #0C0C0B #8E6326 #929A43 #084426 #54625B #D0DACF
  • Glass of Beer and Playing Cards (1912): #262326 #5D8174 #A19A9D #5579AC #756C71 #CBC3C0
  • Fruit Dish and Pipe (1919): #D6CBB9 #57626A #5E2A23 #1B2526 #858F32 #91995E
  • The Viola (1920): #2A434C #786640 #020C16 #17221C #3B201C #B2A981
  • Fruit-Dish and Newspaper (1918): #24292C #37535A #0E0E0E #3B1B10 #89673A #878A82
  • The Groom (1924): #2D3532 #444D4A #704B3F #796964 #7D8F9B #1C2221
  • Violin and Fruit Dish (1925): #161516 #6C5C47 #4D5554 #AAA393 #8A7C70 #55301C
  • The Open Book (1925): #574941 #0D0A08 #8B7B6D #433227 #37100C #6D5A49
  • Harlequin Sitting with Guitar (1919): #0F0D0E #884112 #433316 #926937 #C1A163 #342A17
  • Pitcher and Fruit Bowl (1921): #34231A #A57240 #786044 #A5A695 #201211 #623414
  • Man from Touraine (1918): #555544 #070705 #996118 #36392A #8C9099 #E6D7C5
  • Basket and Siphon (1925): #655A4C #927B65 #A3988A #75553A #4F3F30 #362B27
  • Cups (1913): #7A665E #29252E #554949 #A29A9F #AE8A65 #D2CED8
  • Open Window with Hills (1923): #1C1615 #7D6C4F #A68493 #A18A55 #929275 #DCD4D3
  • Bunch of Grapes (1925): #C5BDB3 #7F3218 #4E3F32 #6F6153 #968F8C #A48D6D
  • The Tobacco Package (1923): #9D8555 #6C4533 #83633C #807A63 #522C26 #3A201D
  • The Three Cards (1913): #111119 #7C7E48 #48679D #9A8D80 #32382A #7F635A
  • Vase with Lily of the Valley (1920): #B9B895 #6D715E #1B2D2C #0C463A #141717 #CFCFC4
  • Fruitdish and Bottle (1922): #6C7C7C #9AA8A8 #D9CFB5 #365852 #715F4A #A18661
  • The Pedestal Table (1923): #97745D #6A493C #82583E #46352D #A86D45 #BCA090
  • The Red Book (1925): #9C9084 #523C32 #7F4836 #42453F #93412C #686962
  • The Album (1926): #4A4B44 #614336 #5F4D2C #837355 #969491 #2E3432

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