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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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Leonora Carrington

Mary Leonora Carrington was a British and Mexican Surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s.

Palette: #264B51 #9F8B77 #DBDCD8 #684022 #0D0D10 #562B19 #B67E68 #90681F

  • Farm at Watendlath (1921): #267570 #6E7C70 #070A0C #A6ACAC #30615A #134D4E
  • Spanish Landscape with Mountains (ca. 1924): #875B1C #9B957F #2E1D16 #703A19 #553718 #634B20
  • Entrada Invetora Atole (2018): #B78168 #AD8D79 #745848 #2E1F19 #EAE9E7 #5F97C9
  • Escultura de Junto a la Catedral de Aguascalientes (2018): #6A6666 #3F6498 #CECFCC #698DB9 #2D2B2C #A1A09D
  • (4775219523) (2010): #344553 #60737C #9BA4A5 #623B31 #192C41 #8A4240
  • Mural el Mundo Mágico de los Mayas (1964): #948472 #514C4D #6A4322 #CFB5A1 #0E0B0F #B47768

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