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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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Ker-Xavier Roussel

Roussel painted pastoral mythologies in the Nabi decorative mode. His palette of warm greens, golden light, and soft flesh tones creates Arcadian dreamscapes.

Palette: #8F795C #6B503A #4D3621 #D5B587 #A3C7D1 #B18E53 #7E4E20 #CB844B

  • Women Meeting in the Shade (ca. 1890): #6C5942 #473929 #2C2318 #535525 #978265 #88762A
  • The Reading Girl (1886): #140A0A #2F2722 #A68576 #544B40 #745548 #472B20
  • Meeting of Women: #958F8B #6C5F5D #A38671 #495A4D #769CCC #423D3B
  • Mythological Subject (ca. 1903): #BBBBAE #3D3A34 #748CAC #735C3D #5A4E3F #766F69
  • Rural Festival, Summer (1911-13): #916843 #C68B56 #553C28 #2D2B25 #AFE0E2 #96D6C3
  • The Infancy of Jupiter (1919-20): #5C585E #767B73 #A4A98D #4468CE #A9655D #4A3D44
  • The Sleeping Diana (ca. 1924): #585346 #8B6A42 #B37024 #5588CA #383428 #694B28
  • La Maison de Roussel à la Montagne (1900): #66645D #BBA385 #8F765C #44433F #969D91 #E0DCCF
  • Reading (1904): #A09A81 #8E7A51 #6A5D43 #9E7C3B #453F32 #DEDED8
  • Devant la Mer (Varengeville): #7B814D #C0C4B3 #45613E #2C4329 #738162 #5E693A
  • Old Silenus on a Donkey: #A67129 #784E1C #523014 #947E47 #BE924B #73653C
  • Vénus et l'Amour au Bord de la Mer (1908): #B4D9DF #E1DACC #94ADC1 #C9B087 #967953 #67593F
  • La Terrasse (ca. 1892): #AC9873 #655343 #957A66 #BCAD99 #806C23 #C39069
  • The Procession of Bacchus: #3E423C #686C61 #7D762A #989375 #615F40 #2A2F2F
  • Self Portrait at the End of Life (Clos): #A68877 #DFB094 #9A6852 #433022 #C38C73 #786051
  • Vecchio Sileno su Un Asino, 1925-27 Ca (1925): #AE8350 #D18445 #8B4E25 #433521 #6E5030 #82765B
  • Venere e Amore Ai Bordi del Mare, 1908 Ca (1908): #AC9659 #A9B8CF #C3DDEC #856E3D #DBDACB #534C31
  • Seasons of Life: #253025 #181D1E #3A2C20 #251715 #5B503F #85673A
  • Evocation of Roussel (ca. 1912): #B0CFD0 #E9B874 #C07D41 #C4C7AF #CFBD8E #B0955C
  • Pierre Bonnard House of the Mother of the Artist, Roussel, at L'Étang-La-Ville: #817560 #566561 #C5CCC4 #5B5446 #363A35 #6E5139
  • Vuillard (1903): #AEA59A #7B5E4D #8E847F #523A2E #6C6467 #6E3729
  • Vuillard (ca. 1930): #958362 #685536 #513F22 #775725 #B2935C #788291
  • Édouard Vuillard, Roussel à la Mèche Noire (1890): #7F7D71 #302726 #4C3D33 #77654E #9D6F42 #5C5852
  • Jos Hessel Devant "le Repos de Diane" de Kerr-Xavier Roussel: #AB8B72 #C0AFA6 #867972 #8E6845 #A2A1AC #B2874E

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