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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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Marc Chagall

Chagall's color belongs to dreams and memory — the deep blue of Vitebsk nights, the burning red of love, the green of village life. His palette is emotional rather than observational.

Palette: #7E5E3D #8E806B #BA9A6E #EFF0DE #BE9D28 #A93F1E #5C2E1D #395A83

  • Hommage à Apollinaire (1913): #7D6458 #0F0B08 #433329 #2C1913 #704026 #5C483E
  • I and the Village (1911): #A0856F #715F4C #4B4033 #A2604D #933B2E #263E23
  • Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers (1912): #A1A594 #EDDFC5 #050704 #D0AA1F #3A4C2B #A98215
  • Birthday (1915): #C7C4BC #A63F32 #62645E #23272D #999388 #AF7B59
  • White Crucifixion (1938): #D7CDBC #504D43 #2E2E27 #ABA092 #898175 #0B0B09
  • Paris Through the Window (1912): #B79B84 #593A2A #937662 #7B563D #2C1F1C #6B584B
  • The Marketplace, Vitebsk (1917): #938875 #C1C7C8 #5F5449 #775244 #C6BFAD #88959A
  • Snow, Winter in Vitebsk (1911): #2B282E #56535A #F2F4E4 #A3AAA2 #7B8089 #C5BC7A
  • The Green Donkey (1911): #49936C #385D90 #7A5B46 #384E62 #303231 #437156
  • Bouquet with Flying Lovers (ca. 1934-47): #4C6263 #343F57 #294144 #879694 #365D83 #1A2D4F
  • The Dance and the Circus (1950): #C6BD2E #AA9B2C #85793F #BAB453 #364635 #B4AE79
  • The Blue Circus (1950): #325073 #2F3B41 #618294 #446478 #47575A #456C94
  • Art Orpheus: #F1F5DC #DED9B2 #777E60 #A6AF94 #313820 #D2AF8B
  • Le Somnambule” ("Лунатик") Марка Шагала 1: #0F3880 #044E8E #D0DCD4 #25A057 #DDD41F #68B67F
  • Stamp of Belarus (1981): #D0D1D3 #575D5C #989776 #826A53 #D1B9A2 #C89879
  • Stamp of Israel (1969): #F1EFEF #281009 #CB150A #A77011 #D1970F #66260C
  • «Дом в Лиозно» (M. Chagall, 1908) (1908): #7B7E67 #A95E0B #A37F2C #89804D #B59F63 #EFEDCB
  • Over Vitebsk (1920): #F5F9F2 #EFF7CD #B8D0C0 #070907 #DDE9AF #D7E18E
  • Houses at Vitebsk (1917): #DBD3CC #776142 #564A40 #9E8962 #3E2D25 #7C5E27
  • The Praying Jew (1923): #DACEB8 #49494A #1F1A11 #322F2C #6A6763 #AEA38F
  • Self-Portrait with White Collar (1914): #A8713E #3C2A27 #142224 #613528 #1C1D1C #E8E5DB
  • Summer Residence (1917): #66575E #063F3A #062E35 #195345 #4A6769 #34353B
  • The Father (1911): #1D1D21 #78796C #373838 #50504E #9D7052 #D2C7B1
  • La Grande Roue: #967868 #12110D #29170C #7B5122 #3C3024 #222215

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