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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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Karel du Jardin

7 works, 1650 to 1670.

Palette: #4B3B1C #BBB591 #6C5D37 #31210F #9BA59D #47412D #8E896C #86743D

  • Italiaans Landschap Met Geitenmelkster (1652): #473C29 #8194A6 #BCB497 #2A2115 #75644A #9AA6A8
  • Drinkende Trompetter Te Paard (1650): #4D3F1B #B1B291 #2E2715 #685322 #909F99 #826C2D
  • Muilezeldrijvers Bij Een Herberg (1658): #4D3919 #2D1F0C #392911 #98A18E #7A653A #190F07
  • Landschap Met Twee Ezels, Geitjes en Varkens (1655): #413F2A #ADB096 #635F3C #2B2B20 #A4B3B7 #897944
  • Paulus Geneest de Kreupele Te Lystra (1663): #0D0703 #413119 #6F562F #544E3C #2F1206 #BDAB84
  • Portret van Een Man, Mogelijk Jacob de Graeff, Schepen van Amsterdam In (1670): #524623 #332F22 #1B1A16 #867643 #3F361C #CFC89D
  • Italiaans Landschap Met Soldaten (1652): #352D18 #A1A699 #1C1910 #C6B67F #6E5C31 #514221

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