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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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László Moholy-Nagy

Moholy-Nagy explored light as medium. His palette of metallic silver, transparent color, and photographic gray extends painting into the realm of industrial materials.

Palette: #D7C9AC #C49D69 #A77147 #141311 #632F20 #9D492A #3B6A92 #C9A217

  • 19, 1921' By (1921): #C8C092 #783216 #E8DF54 #10120C #202331 #333455
  • A 19, 1927' By (1927): #B1AFA5 #532C26 #B79372 #A63924 #1B1B1F #E8E2D1
  • Ch XI (1939): #D3CAC4 #A9A19B #847D76 #59534E #211F1D #362F28
  • Collage with Three Elements' By (1922): #2F3130 #DF3917 #EBCE95 #938871 #41291B #643622
  • Untitled (1923): #F0E0CD #8D7F66 #CA6C26 #EED4AD #504231 #D6B385
  • A II (Construction a II) (1924): #94703E #1B1B1B #CAC1B1 #91908D #C5B111 #A7A264
  • Collage mit 2 Kreuzen (Collage with 2 Crosses) (1922): #C6B494 #C59667 #2E2B29 #C03E2C #113371 #C4A964
  • Construction (1924): #221F21 #3F3F2C #D2D2D0 #899A98 #696034 #7A8771
  • Komposition: #E6D4B1 #CBA877 #2E2C2B #52658A #645A4D #8C7962
  • Konstruktion (Glas-Architektur), Ca (ca. 1922-23): #E0D3AC #BDC2BA #CBBE90 #525746 #969E91 #303222
  • Croce Rossa e Palle Bianche (1921): #C49A68 #0C0C0B #A17A56 #CB2414 #7D81B9 #644D3F
  • Am 3 (1923): #24262B #DEDFD7 #B13D2A #C39E2A #B2B9B7 #CECBB2
  • Die Grosse Gefühlsmachine: #CEC19D #140C0C #9B93A7 #453635 #248F80 #797469
  • Ágota Fischhof (1918): #33261B #F8855A #82573D #C47A55 #FA9F61 #554A52

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