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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.

Scanning works…

Louis Moritz

10 works, 1800 to 1830.

Palette: #433A23 #2F2A1C #746641 #5A5238 #9F9368 #D6D7C4 #C3B079 #5C3E17

  • De Dodelijk Gewonde Marcus Antonius Bij Cleopatra (1823): #322B1F #4D422C #6D5735 #4C3421 #A28F5D
  • Portrait of Jonas Daniël Meijer (1810): #5C4F30 #41351F #181915 #BDA475 #312719 #0E1110
  • Kozakkennachtleger (1813): #E0E6D9 #7B7855 #A6A17B #555439 #BEC6B7 #403D29
  • Mevrouw Carp en Haar Zoontje (1830): #3C3919 #2D2D17 #A39766 #C2B884 #55471A #1E1B12
  • Hendrik Arend van den Brink (1783-1852) Met Zijn Vrouw Lucretia Johanna van de Poll (1805): #36301B #4E4324 #9F8F5A #633716 #27251C #72673C
  • Rudolf Johannes van den Brink (1819-1852). Oudste Zoon van Hendrik Arend van den Brink (1830): #504731 #3D3A2D #746440 #AE9257
  • De Actrices Joanna Cornelia Ziesenis-Wattier (1762-1827) en Geertruida Jacoba Grevelink-Hilverdink (1786-1827) in Iphigenia (1674) van Jean Racine (1800): #51442F #755530 #9C8047 #3E3427 #766F43
  • De Muziekles (1808): #3C3222 #524C37 #6A6652 #8B8670 #291F14 #BAB59E
  • De Tekenles (1808): #3E3A26 #272113 #565137 #77755F #919485 #6C5D3F
  • Portret of Clemens van Demmeltraadt (1820): #443F1E #201F19 #332F18 #C9B065 #2B2921 #997B3A

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