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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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Kazimir Malevich

Malevich pushed painting to the edge of nothingness — the Black Square, the White on White. His Suprematist works float geometric forms in pure color against infinite white space.

Palette: #DFDDD3 #C6B575 #858C6F #A98A68 #3D5956 #B14128 #C59937 #0E0B0E

  • Portrait of Woman in Yellow Hat (1930): #AF3C33 #282531 #CD9753 #CBBCB4 #130E11 #434A5F
  • Suprematist Painting (1917): #DAD5C2 #C6BAA5 #939396 #363F32 #D89A8A
  • Девушка с гребнем в волосах (1933): #D7D1BE #335047 #932010 #C0AD7B #0A1D5B #AF9607
  • Woman with a Rake (1928): #5E709D #D9D8D6 #4D796F #A3854A #121111 #B6A29B
  • К.С. Малевич. Косарь (1911): #B85643 #C6CACE #28282D #8B9BAB #494F5A #D17E6F
  • House in a Yard (1920): #5A6863 #949C79 #9AA2A5 #394748 #AD9B64 #738189
  • Farmhouse (1905): #8B8777 #6F6654 #9A7F60 #524F44 #B07D65
  • On the Boulevard (1920): #ADB595 #7C9792 #C9C276 #426568 #527A61 #778B68
  • Boulevard (1920): #7E8160 #AB925B #9E3720 #576345 #C9A940 #465A66
  • Two Sisters I (1920): #1B292F #E7EBCE #3B666E #B3B77C #436549 #9BAE96
  • Three Bathers (1928): #EEEFE2 #4E6B98 #647555 #BC9A68 #8C9482 #D3C396
  • Blue Portrait (1928): #264989 #284370 #F4F6F2 #19201F #608590 #BB888A
  • Yellow Plane in Dissolution (1917): #BF9436 #CFCBCC #D9B763 #D4C7B1 #D6C18F #957C41
  • Suprematist Cross (Small Cross in Black Over Red on White) (1920): #ECEAE8 #6E2316 #0C0908 #907E79 #E1CDC7
  • Suprematist Composition 1 (1916): #B6AD74 #B2B38E #949567 #54543D #2A6093 #B39A46
  • Portrait of Una (1932): #B08F74 #8EA4C3 #668882 #B5B99B #3D615D #5378AF
  • The Woodcutter (1912): #07030F #EAEAE7 #DF8F26 #DB3915 #394D5F #D15F23

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