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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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Louis Valtat

Valtat was a Fauve before Fauvism. His Mediterranean canvases shimmer with pure prismatic color — violet shadows, orange sunlight, emerald foliage.

Palette: #A0754D #968473 #BC9D78 #7A492E #593624 #B14C31 #C98B21 #CEAA4F

  • Au Café (ca. 1903): #9F857D #6B5B53 #686878 #CCB6AB #3D3E4B #4B5B7D
  • Ambroise Vollard: #B39C72 #9D9482 #74746E #6A5C4F #CAC5B6 #27262C
  • Au Bord de la Mer à Agay (1899): #384A68 #47535F #606860 #B49D73 #86555D #98876F
  • Sur le Boulevard (1893): #1A212F #887B6F #393E4C #41587D #5D6268 #C8BFA3
  • Fauvism Landscape (2 No): #30383B #AC7C68 #5D6766 #CD745E #6D5248 #979587
  • Louis Valtat (1913): #CDBAA1 #A53E37 #8F7764 #6B2125 #694D3B #AF9985
  • Femmes sur la Plage (1915): #DAC193 #D2C2AB #AAA192 #938274 #5A5B5F #83858D
  • Jardin à Saint-Tropez (1912): #686457 #0D2B26 #123F32 #928223 #C09F55 #898463
  • La Femme à la Rose (Personnage Féminin) (1892): #968D75 #292725 #423528 #786135 #605241 #572F1D
  • Large Landscape (1907): #B9B8AA #4A5055 #9A8D78 #7B4733 #685F55 #727A7E
  • Les Masques (1890): #C5B199 #9A8876 #9A6866 #57442D #7F683C #36281A
  • Les Nourrices (1895): #91764C #857B70 #735231 #5A3C21 #333A4F #3E3B3E
  • Nature Morte aux Grondins (1898): #6F6755 #533C13 #7B6234 #B18F53 #643422 #2F2B26
  • Tulips in a Green Vase (1910): #E9B13C #BC966A #DA8732 #7B362B #F23F22 #D94628
  • Arromanche (1909): #C5C1B5 #BF8B81 #7899B5 #CDAF27 #D7BB84 #D8BB60
  • Fillette Jouant au Bois (1919): #D17F06 #D7C19D #101C23 #E4A708 #55422B #878376
  • L'Entrée du Village (1924): #9C8F71 #B0A466 #564C39 #7B7564 #A67445 #816C47
  • La Chaumière (1914): #87626F #E9E4C0 #494251 #B37E79 #919DAA #AB615C
  • Stillleben C1920 (ca. 1920): #8CACA8 #9E5826 #9FA863 #7C3F1F #4F3C2D #977B43
  • Alger, la Casbah: #C3B7A4 #9A897F #8F9BA4 #926556 #71605C #B3926B
  • Barques et Voiliers à Ouistreham: #A49E8C #705D5A #BFAF88 #38272A #828F8B #7D503A
  • Garçon Lisant: #594A34 #776748 #413B30 #292826 #3F2E25 #A79168
  • La Baie à Anthéor (1905): #C2C5A3 #9A8350 #0D5A77 #B2862E #D3B24B #D8D294
  • Portrait de Mme Valtat Les Mains Derrière la Tête: #A5553F #762F27 #947C53 #C9AF86 #7A4A28 #673A26
  • Murnes et Racasses: #AD853E #3B3731 #644D37 #4E362A #8E714E #855E2E
  • Pommes: #CECFB7 #BA493B #4C3531 #883F35 #BA7F41 #A25D42
  • Portrait of Monsieur Victor Valtat, the Artist's Father: #5F707D #3A4669 #979792 #243053 #434152 #644544
  • Renoir (before 1903): #AF8961 #916F52 #795739 #482216 #31110F #D08C5F
  • Suzanne Valtat au Renard (1902): #D4C9BF #C4A88A #9EA2A7 #A38C77 #5D635A #CB7C2B
  • Vue de Paris (1893): #B0966C #8A6B4A #614E3E #6F4F35 #978668 #AC8342
  • Large Landscape (1907): #BBB7A6 #48494A #93846E #7D4936 #6B7275 #90918D
  • Femmes sur la Plage (1915): #DEC69C #B9AA97 #8C837A #C4A170 #5A5959 #343535
  • Antheor Bay (1906): #B3B1AC #70746F #3C4140 #967764 #72809D #435760
  • At the Coffee Shop (1904): #7B6961 #AC8F83 #615F69 #D3BFB3 #666F8D #53453C
  • Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1908): #A99F8B #AE966A #837868 #62564C #5C6565 #CCC9BE

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