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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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Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Alma-Tadema recreated antiquity in sun-drenched marble whites, Mediterranean blues, and rose-petal pinks — the ancient world as chromatic paradise.

Palette: #9D9075 #58422C #7C6548 #D2C09B #9B7148 #764F2B #C99D6B #A28647

  • Spring (1894): #A79470 #98ABC2 #67472A #7B6D50 #565039 #946E42
  • A Roman Emperor: 41 Ad (1871): #362E2B #6E6041 #4B3E2F #A09674 #C9C59E #63321E
  • The Triumph of Titus: Ad 71, the Flavians (1885): #C3B79D #938661 #766229 #A58A43 #5B4E2D #38230C
  • Twixt Venus and Bacchus (1882): #999077 #68614F #C2AC6F #493F35 #866E48 #352D29
  • My Sister Is Not In (1879): #2D1C12 #1C110C #90734B #533C24 #422A18 #E6CB8D
  • Portrait of a Sailor (ca. 1858): #191614 #D5C8A6 #422A1F #B5A27C #887555
  • Xanthe and Phaon (1883): #B5AD90 #897D5E #5A5039 #A8B5AC #E5DDC8 #889C93
  • The Blind Beggar (1856): #211C17 #3A2E1E #574125 #B79A5B #816638 #6B6349
  • Strigils and Sponges (1879): #C79F74 #C9B99F #A58969 #4F3433 #774A3F #302526
  • The Finding of Moses (1904): #E5D9BE #EFECEB #D6A36B #9E6145 #BDA98A #8B745A
  • A Greek Woman, by Lawrence Alma Tadema (1869): #BBA895 #92785F #4A3C24 #E9E0CB #8E4034 #683D2E
  • A Harvest Festival: #9A7D52 #60543E #BF8D4B #403728 #6D4B32 #BCA275
  • A Favourite Custom (1909): #B8B4AC #8E7C60 #A29884 #605242 #3A2B23 #221817
  • Interno della Chiesa di San Clemente, Roma (1863): #7A6657 #A38E70 #C7B07D #66402D #53413F #422822
  • Amo Te, Ama Me (Dece): #B1A89E #9A8570 #635147 #C0D0DE #8D543C #648FA2
  • This Is Our Corner (1873): #121C22 #BFC5BC #433C34 #8F8D7B #2A2626 #A78067
  • Juan de Zurbarán. Still Life with a Chocolate Grinder (27 D): #1C2829 #544B2C #898A65 #3E4138 #C8C58F #393321
  • A Silent Greeting (1889): #848084 #B0B2BC #533B3A #594E54 #30262C #75625A
  • Sunny Days (1874): #7C6845 #A28045 #D9D6C6 #574930 #38342E #58524A
  • The Entrance to a Roman Theatre (1866): #6D5828 #1E1A10 #DBC17D #91783B #3D351E #E0D3AA
  • 03 (1869): #22241B #A8AB6E #8D854C #393F2B #593F26 #585D3A
  • A Collection of Pictures at the Time of Augustus (1867): #27211D #463D31 #422C22 #65422F #736250 #171717
  • A Picture Gallery: #674530 #291C21 #C59E73 #170913 #4A3731 #A07047
  • Egyptia Chess Players (1879): #642C16 #1F0303 #401912 #BA5D25 #B07449 #8E4621
  • On the Road-Alma-Tadema (1878): #7F8867 #9A8650 #2D2F24 #5D6342 #745E30 #514729
  • John Whichcord (1823-1885), Priba (1882): #1F2318 #2B2510 #724F27 #553F1D #C7C19F #926D3B
  • A Reading from Homer (1885): #CDBD9B #2A2424 #866A4C #A38F6C #BB9564 #7EBBBC
  • Sappho and Alcaeus (1881): #BBB093 #897C5A #3C311F #625334 #8C703F #1D252E
  • The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888): #D0B599 #C98377 #704B33 #79755E #A47A58 #B4C5CF
  • Римская баня (1909): #B18467 #83573F #39211B #683E2D #502A1D #210E0C

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