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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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Marsden Hartley

Hartley painted with the force of the German Expressionists he admired. His palette ranges from the military emblems of his Berlin paintings — iron crosses in red, white, and blue — to the granite greys of his native Maine.

Palette: #9C6D4A #BFAA8F #110F13 #C69223 #B73F24 #D2A858 #8D2C1A #56779C

  • White Flower (1917): #323743 #161522 #4D575E #767F7C #242641 #B7B5A7
  • Landscape, New Mexico (1919): #A4A18D #71726C #444041 #8E6C5B #B89976 #424A57
  • Flower and Star on Window (1941): #B3C9DC #4A5F77 #4A4741 #ABA698 #77746C #2E2925
  • Madawaska, Acadian Light-Heavy, Third Arrangement' By (1940): #593525 #24221E #764129 #832A1C #662A23 #402F26
  • Still Life No. 1 (1912): #120B09 #8C2209 #691B0A #484530 #714C20 #B32A08
  • A Bermuda Window in a Semi-Tropic Character By (1917): #3A425E #C3A375 #312523 #D7D5C6 #99B0BF #2C3045
  • Albert Pinkham Ryder (1938): #7C6E58 #B0A286 #18151C #2B1C21 #DED4BC #483F33
  • Autumn Color: #483136 #34313D #282129 #6A433F #86797D #28334E
  • Banquet in Silence: #CCC7C1 #494C48 #A0A9B0 #C99497 #323432 #8B8786
  • Berlin Ante War (1914): #E6DBCA #8C9A7B #DBC693 #B13720 #667892 #CCAD52
  • Handsome Drinks: #E6DEB6 #12151A #971611 #D9A725 #C27B1A #AC4C12
  • Painting No. 48: #DFCFBB #201E21 #B68E7A #A23C28 #CBA049 #DABF7C
  • Cemetery, New Mexico (1924): #363638 #62544F #9C9C9D #333F56 #444D54 #573D37
  • Intellectual Niece (1939-40): #2E2D29 #94886A #675E4D #4C463A #3F291F #7E5D44
  • Landscape, New Mexico: #AFB09D #424348 #838980 #636464 #C1A789 #A3846C
  • Landscape No. 25: #574845 #343535 #7F7571 #966D52 #222322 #B8A593
  • Lobster Fishermen: #1A1617 #5F3020 #467290 #40231A #372B27 #285879
  • Abstraction: #6F1010 #C29932 #14161B #A8AEB6 #873526 #99563D
  • Handsome Drinks (1916): #E7DEB7 #12151C #971211 #D9A622 #C4781C #AD4917
  • Sky: #C34221 #DBB612 #DEDACB #21241C #4781A9 #719572
  • Painting No. 3 (1913): #131414 #D5D3BE #D6BA0C #C9381C #76A26A #C45237
  • Painting No. 46: #080108 #C52726 #D5D9DA #C7A23E #708D96 #9A2323
  • Painting No. 48 (1913): #DFCEB5 #1F1F24 #B39382 #C99D49 #A03A25 #DCC27D
  • Painting No. 69 (1917): #A6AB9F #8E1819 #01066E #868780 #4A4040 #040305
  • Painting No. 50 (1914): #B0A9A2 #191613 #8F3B2D #A2904F #7C4435 #4B5D4B
  • Still Life No. 1 (1916): #97A542 #884039 #040906 #794E44 #8C978A #8D9A57
  • Mt. Katahdin (Maine), Autumn #2 (1939): #0E0D12 #C6B7B8 #780C12 #12549A #631A16 #082D7E
  • Painting, Number 5, By: #1F1F1D #DACFB6 #DF311E #B58C34 #D7AA19 #376D49
  • Portrait of a German Officer (1914): #282827 #B0AB9D #A43C27 #496676 #98824B #7F817C
  • Purple Mountains, Vence By: #1E2A32 #49624E #304A42 #565C89 #988696 #36406E
  • Still Life No. 16: #897B6A #5B5C59 #373937 #B6AD9F #524D40 #B99D64
  • Still Life No. 2: #272A2A #616467 #404648 #4C2724 #9A9996 #2E1D1B
  • Still Life with Compote and Fruit (1928): #1E1B18 #776A60 #C6B6A9 #3B3631 #A68268 #534C45
  • White Flower: #181724 #303447 #4E585B #323738 #79817E #B5B4A7
  • Himmel (1914): #C64220 #D8D4C1 #D8B413 #3F779B #22231D #6C9270
  • Painting No. 48 (1913): #DECCB5 #222025 #DBBF7C #9D3922 #A95A41 #AC6B64
  • Handsome Drinks (1916): #E5DDB6 #13161C #971710 #DAAC2A #A75318 #C07512
  • Sustained Comedy (1939): #152944 #B77575 #8FABC0 #9B4C52 #C9C3C1 #CF9A97
  • The Lost Felice (1939): #DFD6CF #322F2D #525255 #353C4A #BC907B #75767C
  • Church at Head Tide #2 (1939): #C2C2BF #939493 #A39268 #1A1915 #343430 #575754
  • Mountain Lake--Autumn (1910): #DAAF1E #1B1F64 #93782A #97A1A8 #9A2F23 #B99947
  • Abstraction (1914): #86110C #D3D3D1 #D19A24 #0A0B11 #B66539 #AD4623
  • Mt. Katahdin, Maine (1939): #0E0D12 #C8B9B9 #0E4D95 #531412 #6B0A0D #851519
  • Still Life No. 2 (1921): #252727 #65686A #3F4446 #4E2824 #2E1D1A #A7A196
  • Lobster Fishermen (1940): #191618 #376686 #3E231B #5C2E1E #66889E #6B4B38
  • Banquet in Silence (1935): #CCC7C1 #3C3B38 #4F5651 #95A8B7 #CA9698 #A29D9B
  • Autumn Color (1910): #573B3E #39272E #33323D #79757E #784238 #273757
  • Landscape No. 25 (1908): #454140 #644E47 #272A29 #766E6E #64362D #9B8B80
  • Maine Woods (1908): #703C3C #45303A #AF6243 #8F2B38 #823D2E #6D242B
  • The Aero (1914): #D9D0C3 #40424C #DD5B46 #CEAC47 #6B9162 #6E6C67
  • Berlin Abstraction (1914): #AF4221 #C2BBA8 #24231E #7A8073 #B1964B #CEB659
  • Eggplants and Pomegranates: #9B734E #4B463D #775B3E #B79A79 #533A27 #6D3E22
  • Carnival of Autumn (1908): #4F4055 #A37545 #E0D1BD #745551 #384164 #825132
  • Sextant (1917): #E9DAC9 #AE3C19 #BD842A #BEB09E #2B2A2A #13120F
  • Movements (1913): #43372E #DC5D25 #F5C887 #EF854E #EFA16F #BEB9AB
  • Geometric Figure: #29292A #C7C4C2 #A6311D #BEA658 #9E9B9B #6D6763
  • Red Tree (1910): #3A484F #7F8368 #566B74 #8A8C56 #B65B41 #384A66
  • Flower and Star on Window (1941): #495B6F #B3CADD #484743 #ACA799 #2C2724 #817A6E
  • Painting No. 46 (1914): #0A020A #D5D8D9 #CD2827 #B02525 #C19E3F #906B44
  • Abstraction (Military Symbols): #CBC2B4 #232524 #C79C36 #DC4122 #B8301A #656860
  • White Birches (1908): #5F535C #CEC8CD #8B8090 #99716A #624744 #5F3431
  • Painting No. 3 (1913): #131414 #D4D1BB #D6BA0E #C9381C #739B64 #BC4B30
  • Landscape No. 19 (1909): #BCAEAB #221B22 #2A2546 #625972 #406E8D #63474D
  • Beau Blanc, St. Jeannet (1924): #AA7A45 #0D0C08 #141C11 #7C522A #8CB1AF #D5AA6F
  • Painting No. 69 (1917): #A2A69B #8E1616 #030971 #050406 #4E4A49 #030960
  • Movement No. 6, Provincetown (1916): #B9B79F #97947B #615B46 #111010 #847F65 #4E4327
  • Vase of Flowers (1916): #A3A5A0 #090809 #454745 #6E0925 #232725 #7C7777
  • Still Life No. 1 (1916): #98A641 #883E37 #050806 #7F5148 #8A9587 #8D9A58
  • New Mexico No. 2 (1919): #C1B587 #9C805C #A3A992 #B89C5B #718988 #778160
  • Maine Landscape, Autumn No. 13 (1909): #0C0C09 #C8C4B1 #4B2C15 #6E4816 #886A1C #4A180A
  • Hall of the Mountain King (1908): #485782 #151E45 #2C3765 #2D304C #E4E2CC #293F81
  • Still Life with Blue Bowl: #30302F #B0ADA1 #1B1A1B #4F2322 #4A5A76 #686B43
  • Landscape (1910): #EDD2C1 #A92D2F #1A050B #7F3837 #DA7C77 #CA5857
  • Kezar Lake, Autumn Morning (1910): #D8B634 #B69221 #857B30 #5B5A27 #21224B #381411
  • Kezar Lake, Autumn Evening (1910): #181719 #191853 #151435 #CBBDB5 #0D302B #6F655F
  • Composition (1910): #9B8F7F #6B6465 #D6CAB7 #B88172 #44464E #321E1D
  • The Dark Mountain (1909): #3C3834 #7B6B59 #594A3D #A1907E #70513A #262421
  • Portrait of a German Officer (1914): #B2AD9F #272826 #A63D28 #7D7D75 #4C6878 #978145
  • Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses (1916): #AEA39E #353434 #877D77 #A3866D #6B463A #474A4E
  • Albert Pinkham Ryder (1938): #80715A #1B161C #ADA083 #D5CCB2 #2F1F21 #504437
  • Lilies in a Vase: #9B9D9C #344650 #5D6972 #A56878 #172A31 #CDDBE1
  • Purple Vase: #7EA1D3 #527BC9 #301510 #612A17 #461E13 #587FB6
  • Red Tree (1910): #111617 #676A15 #1D2528 #95461D #404D26 #978434

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