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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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Julian Alden Weir

Julian Alden Weir was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Palette: #87784F #CAA773 #625E47 #463D29 #17110A #A28342 #AAB0A7 #5E3E16

  • The Building of the Dam (1908): #65735E #B1A687 #8D896C #415342 #82A6A2 #2E3B28
  • Moonlight (ca. 1905): #A6B8A0 #C4DBB8 #79968F #E4F2C6
  • The Red Bridge (1895): #90917B #A3ABAB #B28A61 #7B7656 #647461
  • Fruit (ca. 1888): #686144 #2B3B30 #142220 #4D5945 #071014 #CED5DB
  • The Factory Village (1897): #577755 #345C41 #558579 #8AB6B6 #1F5750 #163E2B
  • Connecticut Village (Going to School) (after 1891): #90816C #898986 #AD9363 #B0ADAD #C3AE8C #615A5A
  • The Green Bodice (1898): #413D31 #615941 #84704A #DFAF6F #2E291F #B59056
  • The Path in the Woods: #9F978A #74766C #9E8261 #CAC0AF #555D53 #6E6550
  • Girl in Black: #171413 #51412A #352C20 #28221C #DDC387 #87673F
  • Union Square: #191511 #615B47 #463721 #2D2316 #694E2D #9A856A
  • Willimantic Thread Factory: #8E7E30 #C5C4B4 #6F6A30 #4D4D1D #393E1D #8C9CA0
  • Connecticut Village (Going to School) (afte): #8F867A #BCA47A #8D7751 #A6A4A4 #645D5B #6E5A3D
  • The Return of the Fishing Party (1906): #7A746B #5E544D #A7A090 #6F8C96 #C3C8C1 #806451
  • Afternoon by the Pond: #1C534C #486F56 #748656 #7B9B88 #335740 #B4C1B0
  • An Alsatian Girl (unkn): #322912 #D9B179 #C1AD89 #1D180B #A69062 #CF9750
  • Back Road: #5D5A3E #B9B0A6 #8A98AE #43473A #877B5B #6A6E65
  • Grapes, Knife and Glass (afte): #694012 #4A2409 #241408 #AB8245 #361F0C #894E0F
  • Knitting for Soldiers (1918): #7B5B18 #58440F #D9C1A7 #31220F #4B4018 #9F8A64
  • Miss Edith Potter (Unkn): #312D11 #E3D0BF #DCB58F #694816 #CE9254 #0A1105
  • New England Barnyard (1904): #978962 #74663B #BEA974 #636E4B #4F4422 #43583F
  • Pan and the Wolf: #4B5F2E #2A4921 #143717 #958146 #6B672C #6E7F5C
  • Summer Landscape with Children and Donkey (1890): #B2ACA1 #8B784A #68624B #423A2F #8E8B84 #A19473
  • The High Pasture: #827948 #A8954D #65643E #959695 #AEA481 #535B4B
  • The Lane: #AA9349 #938858 #7B732F #5B5C3B #818A6D #988727
  • The Muse of Music (1882): #121214 #AA8753 #75592E #563F21 #2D2119 #43301D
  • The Red Bridge (1895): #706F64 #4F4F47 #878A91 #8B6645 #453F34 #6B4D34
  • Autumn Rain (1890): #C58862 #D29650 #F1D8A1 #C1A83A #E0B17F #B66E31
  • Natura Morta (1902-05): #5A3117 #8C592B #A88465 #2A190E #D8B696 #B27F44
  • On the Shore: #896F6D #DCCBD1 #584043 #B19589 #6A4137 #432423
  • Portrait of Robert Walter Weir: #0F0604 #CDA16A #C0B08A #261F13 #886C3C #675731
  • The Green Bodice (by 1): #474234 #322D23 #665F46 #867148 #E0B06F #B1915E
  • The Letter, 1919 Julian Weir (1919): #726B2E #A48A46 #E1BF6D #634A1E #4D521F #BFA966

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