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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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Lovis Corinth

Corinth's late work, painted after a stroke, erupts with color of almost violent intensity. His Walchensee landscapes are storms of blue, green, and white applied with furious energy.

Palette: #4B443B #92745B #D3C0A5 #664932 #825437 #CFA879 #C19856 #0D0C09

  • Bathers Outdoors (1925): #C1C7C3 #544834 #D09A6F #958A71 #A5653C #8C6E4E
  • Horseman (1913): #77624C #4F372A #403C33 #24211D #A58F75 #7A4E3A
  • In a Corset (1910): #80562A #D1953F #A47C3B #65492A #463523 #0F0D0B
  • Tulips, Lilacs and Calla Lilies (1915): #434A49 #312F2D #9F8F89 #725E50 #5A453D #95795F
  • Female Nude (1909): #CCA160 #DACEAF #AD7748 #AB9375 #804B27 #83664B
  • Portrait of Gertrud Mainzer with Lucie (1901): #353E2C #6A5436 #616D5A #A8ADA3 #D7E0E4 #9D8969
  • Ecce Homo (1925): #4B4847 #AFB4A8 #6B6F6B #6C3538 #53292F #EDEDDA
  • Odysseus in the Battle with the Suitors (1913): #905F4D #40332D #562B24 #73665B #7F91A4 #B08D7B
  • Liegender Weiblicher Akt (1907): #C5B5A7 #CCA78D #AA7961 #96867C #7E513F #806659
  • Die Sängerin Frieda Halbe (1905): #B8B2A3 #91877B #3F3022 #756B5E #674D39 #2F3536
  • Herbert Eulenberg (1924): #D1B9A6 #A67A5C #B39785 #644F43 #867063 #7F553E
  • Frau Marie Moll (1905): #100D0C #5E442A #232520 #3F3F38 #2C1C14 #0E2B1D
  • Bearded Male Head: #695136 #97794C #493B2D #C19F64 #35291E #E0C187
  • Male Nude (1886): #3F3523 #6B5530 #2B261E
  • Cesare Borgia (Arthur Kraft) (1914): #454B3A #698A62 #BBA867 #987748 #757856 #6B523B
  • Magdalena Weeping (1911): #CBB8AB #513234 #8F7454 #36202C #6F524C #AB8478
  • Mother's Love (1911): #686D75 #C08E66 #92847B #424147 #9EA1A3 #684C48
  • Lotte Roll (1902): #615B4E #B39063 #8C7A5A #F4CA7E #444C51 #F9F29E
  • Autumn Flowers (1923): #2A2B27 #9F8A6F #453225 #725B3C #D2BA9B #747062
  • Portrait of Wolfgang Gurlitt (1917): #262B24 #1A1C12 #C7A68B #9C6955 #4E463F #706259
  • Flora (1923): #433A2B #26241A #796C58 #14130D #2E1E0F #B4A68C
  • Flowers and Daughter Wilhelmine (1920): #25201F #675A50 #A69384 #947048 #4F3827 #C5A36C
  • Portrait (Later on Mainzer) of Gertrud Mainzer Sabersky (1898): #77988F #DFE4DA #2A2D28 #B8BBA8 #8F8A74 #4B4B3F
  • Susanna in the Bath (1890): #2E352A #AB9C83 #4B4F47 #786A56 #1A2517 #A17F5E
  • Portrait of a Man in a Slouch Hat (After Frans Hals) (1907): #433624 #2A2013 #6F5638 #1B130B #B08653 #E4AF63
  • Self-Portrait at Walchensee (1922): #816552 #C9C8B3 #767F71 #7E533D #5E3E2C #3F4E40
  • Home Coming Bacchants (1898): #8F6E57 #D7C0B1 #46463C #C99C77 #68594A #C4AB96
  • Self Portrait with a Model (1901): #363F34 #5E5444 #96825B #192518 #C4B386 #ECE9C3
  • Self-Portrait with a Glass (1907): #96A48D #D2C49A #707D64 #847550 #222422 #AE9C6B
  • Odysseus Fighting with the Beggar (1903): #5B544A #896F54 #CFB282 #B08D63 #7D7964 #393934
  • Still Life with Flowers and an Envelope (1922): #72645A #271E1C #4D413A #331918 #A49183 #552926
  • Rider with Groom and Hound on the Estate Klein-Niendorf, Mecklenburg (1912): #90B3C6 #5D5A4A #2F2723 #8C7858 #181414 #4E4033
  • Roses, Lilacs and Daffodils (1911): #51433E #3E3F44 #90A1B5 #2C2A2A #686E71 #8C6A58
  • Roses (1919): #51534E #968D84 #2F3029 #D9C8BC #C3737B #1A1B12
  • Flowers (1913): #A28775 #322E28 #615045 #86533B #B47362 #D3B49F
  • Paraphrase (1907): #A5A37E #C6CAB4 #4E5742 #667D59 #919C8B #88775A
  • Chrysanthemums and Lilies (1914): #9B8776 #33312F #776358 #1F1E1C #C4B8A5 #66443D
  • Half-Nude of a Young Woman, Her Head Supported with Her Left Hand (1907): #28241B #745A3B #49351C #151410 #3A3121 #A98C6B
  • Female Semi-Nude in Chair. (the Actress Gertrud Eysoldt) (1914): #1C1817 #3E261B #D4AB97 #653C2E #B6816F #925F4F
  • Lying Female Nude (1915): #4D4133 #2D2922 #75604D #A4886F #1A1A17 #D2B99E
  • Landowner Glantz (1911): #2D2924 #8C846D #69472D #8B5D3E #605645 #AF825D
  • Sleeping Girl (1899): #A69784 #594737 #746A5F #8E7054 #CFC3B1 #362B23
  • Chryanthemums and Roses in a Pitcher (1917): #3F3333 #9C8683 #83624D #5D544E #241E1E #766565
  • Flowers in a Bronze Bucket (1923): #41403E #7A726E #252423 #8B6A55 #B2A79E #553428
  • Homer (1914): #474443 #8A7B6F #5C6472 #BDA893 #322C2A #64584F
  • Portrait of Alexander Freiherr von Reitzenstein (1913): #19161B #3C2817 #5D3A19 #251D19 #2A2B32 #7B6640

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