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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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Jules Pascin

Pascin's figures emerge from pearlescent mists of pale rose, ivory, and grey. His palette is deliberately muted — sensuality rendered in whispers of color.

Palette: #8B7A5C #534F43 #C1A97E #DED0A7 #845931 #C28C46 #5C3D23 #CDAE65

  • L'Attente de l'Enfant Prodigue: #92806B #B8A995 #685441 #6F6C62 #9F7453 #734B37
  • La Rêveuse (1920): #988C76 #C7BFBA #9C9F9B #6D6A5C #BFAA92 #4E4333
  • The Turkish Family (1907): #857A5C #65351C #7F5A2D #604C30 #C9A771 #E0C999
  • Artist (1921): #333232 #836240 #979C88 #593925 #6A7A62 #5C5A4D
  • Girl with a Bouquet (1925): #8D8064 #C0B1A0 #765533 #66584A #BB9E77 #573E28
  • 『ギカ公女 』Princess Ghika (1921): #747852 #CBAD71 #4E553B #E3CC9C #998D58 #2E2F22
  • Landscape in Cuba (1915): #877B5D #956744 #AF915B #B36F35 #838289 #C58B58
  • Dressing (1911): #AA7947 #2C2E27 #949893 #523C29 #6E5E38 #55564E
  • Dolls (1910): #9C7464 #D0C5B5 #B6A294 #5E574B #AF7658 #684639
  • Hermine David (1919): #23201F #493827 #664E30 #3D3A36 #67410B #7F745F
  • Scene of Family (1903): #DFCE97 #C3AF7B #9E9067 #7A6F4C #C6AD5C #524D32
  • Landscape (1907): #837A57 #937743 #564E36 #6F5634 #563D24 #403725
  • Rider in Wasteland (1909): #B8A788 #95876F #6B6257 #805B3D #B88E5C #40403F
  • Sitting Girl (1911): #8F613D #BF8B66 #6C4E33 #663622 #695D53 #958A8F
  • A Sitting Italian Girl (1912): #8F725A #96887B #684E38 #494135 #645F55 #4A311E
  • Hermine in Armchair (1914): #E4DFBE #A8A387 #C5BF9D #746D5E
  • At Cuba (1917): #D4D2C7 #A7A8A4 #8B8364 #CCC4A1 #4A546A #6C767F
  • Paddle-Wheeler in Cuba (1917): #DAD7AE #CBC58D #919252 #B6BD9C #BEB664 #5F692F
  • Hermine Seated (1918): #82693B #CBAB67 #5F5844 #564426 #A68B51 #B6A476
  • Study I (1919): #E2DDB9 #BBAD8A #5A4A2A #857353 #9C8B69 #DFCB64
  • Madame André Salmon (1923): #5F5844 #CDCAB6 #827E69 #B8A473 #8B7852 #C68A52
  • Two Swiss Girls (1925): #6C7A4F #A3A56D #515C3F #3B4534 #2B3028 #1C1F1D
  • A Girl with a Rosy Ribbon (1926): #C0A16B #D3C49D #B78443 #967348 #988E6E #875B29
  • Marion (1930): #ADA681 #C7C4B5 #877F58 #9DA297 #AD9B62 #7D9086
  • Salome (1930): #91814F #CFB068 #6B653D #BA8B4B #505634 #E5D9A1
  • Hermine au Grand Chapeau (1917): #868274 #503C31 #5C5F5A #917355 #424344 #A7A199
  • La Sangeusa (1924): #C4B195 #998461 #6C5B3E #3F3320 #5C421F #3F2910
  • Woman with Chair: #E2C491 #C5A876 #A29575 #746645 #CABD9B #F8E9BF
  • Hermine au Grand Chapeau: #717366 #3B2D26 #A19A8C #49504B #534435 #313839
  • La Jeune Fille de Munich (1903): #D39A3A #85612E #5C4124 #B28135 #412D1E #2F2018
  • Portrait of Hermine David: #CAB499 #756E5E #424237 #9F8D75 #C19D70 #8A6D4B
  • Seating Nude (1907): #DAC5A0 #C2A478 #897F5D #A1A28B #C88E5B #484636
  • Portrait of Mimi Laurent (1927): #BEB39F #AE8E70 #AF7F53 #985722 #7B4D2F #795C49
  • Les Petites Américaines (Les Demoiselles Américaines), Jules Pascin, Etats-Unis (1916): #84766D #5B606C #907055 #353248 #5B4C4C #BFA589
  • Pierre Mac Orlan (1924): #72584B #514240 #9F836E #3B2D2D #736D6C #8C5F47
  • Madams, Dog and Child (ca. 1902): #CE923A #8F6C33 #E0D7B7 #D9B361 #D2C29A #796E3B
  • Portrait Of (1908): #998C73 #C9B683 #C1A85C #B58C4A #7D6B52 #2F2A29

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