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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…

Maurice de Vlaminck

Vlaminck squeezed paint straight from the tube with a violence that matched his temperament. His Fauvist landscapes burn with vermillion, cobalt, and chrome yellow applied in thick, aggressive strokes.

Palette: #435760 #291B0C #8C5920 #B1872F #6A4E19 #997E51 #C9B68A #B69255

  • Peisaj Cu Căpițe: #6D5120 #556B79 #2D4551 #B4B5AC #4C340E #9C855B
  • The Two Haystacks (1950): #A9BBBA #65828D #8A621A #CFB13C #5B3C19 #AD8828
  • Bouquet de Fleurs (1911-15): #798688 #445257 #31363A #66645E #B2AFA9 #877465
  • Landscape Near Martigues (1913): #B98E3F #C8D4E3 #8BA7CD #CDB67F #151913 #958541
  • Bouquet: #E3E5DE #041524 #632311 #3A683D #A97E1C #C5A97C
  • Stilleben: #A1A38D #2F3431 #777B6C #465A59 #524D40 #C9C2A2

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

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