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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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Maurice Denis

Denis declared painting a flat surface covered with colors. His Nabi palette of muted pinks, sage greens, and decorative gold transforms sacred subjects into patterned reverie.

Palette: #AA8A60 #837862 #D6B78C #BB8A3F #85622E #893F22 #14140E #AF6226

  • Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River (1899): #4C4D41 #878278 #32332E #667263 #9D967D #354D3B
  • The Orange Christ (1889): #2B3B40 #7F443C #8E756C #74A176 #9D744F #8E3931
  • Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory (1894): #535141 #938D54 #6F7451 #497566 #3B362B #42593B
  • Procession or Pardon at Perros-Guirec (1891): #303A37 #585B45 #8F9757 #3D5E33 #6A7948 #897038
  • Eva Meurier in a Green Dress (1891): #77744E #303C32 #5A5F45 #1D2922 #434A38 #B3A07F
  • Crystallised Landscape (1958): #1D100D #A23E25 #2F1E1B #3C1C15 #936358 #8E3D2B
  • Boxing (1918): #4E8D65 #915F48 #1F513E #823F25 #BC937F #868676
  • Saint François du Désert (1907): #DAE0D9 #5C8D8F #3C3F37 #ADCDCF #727970 #AB9B8E
  • Régates à Perros-Guirec (1892): #BDC9C5 #3F4A54 #2B333F #8D9A99 #7B7764 #B28872
  • Musée D'Orsay (1904): #BDA893 #39332D #B1E8E1 #5A5249 #947B65 #E8D7BF
  • Augustins: #4C4C4A #6F7073 #898067 #949590 #2F2C29 #BDC1B7
  • Le Balcon de Silencio au Soleil Couchant (1911): #B19A7F #7F5743 #4F4839 #5F6769 #AC755C #5F3D2E
  • Sainte Famille (1939): #8C816F #A2ABA3 #BAA482 #66574D #906B52 #756379
  • Sainte Odile (1939): #8C725A #9CAA9A #59655C #26384A #6AA2AF #486C79
  • Le Christ Apparaissant aux Apôtres (1917): #7F8274 #D8AF92 #38393A #A1A19E #64413E #A78574
  • Portrait de L'Artiste (1928): #B9834D #B99874 #764925 #946135 #846C43 #6B5529
  • Lumière Intérieure (1914): #6E442C #8F5D1C #A68143 #8D5430 #DCC8B1 #A65C28
  • Lumière Intérieure (Cropped) (1914): #92552D #765134 #A35B23 #653B26 #AC8438 #7D878C
  • Cortona (1898): #745F44 #52432D #AD9572 #988371 #60544F #372712
  • Die Krone (1901): #805648 #B47F68 #353A3B #627C96 #868586 #503A38
  • Landschaft bei Fiesole (1897): #5E4B2A #8B7553 #83522D #B39758 #40351A #160A02
  • Sommertag auf der Insel Noirmoutier (1903): #8A8079 #C5A6A0 #595D52 #60819A #3E5463 #363C37
  • Zephyr Carries Psyche to the Island of Bliss (1908): #999A95 #C5B4A3 #996252 #957F70 #91784C #6C5947
  • The Mellerio Family 1897. (1897): #B4B59F #1A260E #C09C70 #D6C89B #255230 #C48433
  • Maurice Denis, Decorazione della Cappella del Collegio di Sinte-Croix du Vésinet, Esaltazione della Croce e Glorificazione della Messa (1899): #897B6B #617C7C #D3A27D #454633 #B74726 #B19F57
  • La Famiglia Mellerio (1897): #B4C6CA #817267 #151413 #839FA9 #DFE7E2 #56686E
  • Springtime: #98A198 #ACC7BF #65968D #C1B093 #9A7A45 #94876E
  • Homage to Cézanne (1900): #161411 #66543D #3C2A1C #9A7749 #2D271F #C7A479
  • Breton Women Under an Arbour (1906): #444531 #827B67 #B3A8A0 #262719 #67624A #E3DBCE
  • Portrait of Jan Verkade (1906): #3D3B33 #6E5047 #A58263 #AD8044 #755E3F #D9A680
  • The Mellerio Family (1897): #CBD9D8 #93ADB8 #556064 #8A7C6E #181817 #2F2F30
  • Adoration of the Mages (1904): #796B67 #B7846A #B09487 #A3C6D9 #8F675C #E4C399
  • Annunciation (1913): #81A294 #C3B287 #EBCA5E #718850 #B89354 #BD690B
  • Paradise (1912): #527162 #BAA49B #2D4B3F #DFBBB1 #495140 #8F796F
  • Les Muses (1893): #514D2A #7D662C #373820 #888157 #161F15 #A08846
  • The Climb to Calvary (1889): #2F3036 #796C5D #788F82 #4B4F51 #8E8980 #E2CEB4
  • Paysage aux Arbres Verts (1893): #629782 #EFE8E4 #104E38 #5D7563 #418D72 #D9B1A9
  • Portrait of Abbot Vallet (1889): #F0DEC0 #B7B2A4 #A05938 #903C1F #EABF90 #7A250D
  • Portrait of the Artist at the Age of 18 Years (1889): #C9B09A #AF8966 #978879 #6B493B #8B683E
  • First Communicants (1898): #CDC8B7 #AEA58D #F1E7D2 #D4A977 #696E6F #AF8C5D
  • Visitation (1894): #7C716A #9F9687 #C4B796 #676B68 #AC8271 #EAD1A1
  • Panel 3. Psyche Discovers That Her Mysterious Lover Is Eros (1908): #9A7F78 #BF7947 #5E3123 #F8D285 #873B3D #D6AC81
  • Panel 2. Zephyr Transporting Psyche to the Island of Delight (1908): #989D9A #B4A190 #786452 #996052 #95754C #777C74
  • Panel 4. the Vengeance of Venus (1908): #83735E #53472F #F0BB8E #B3634B #9D7031 #9A9590
  • Wedding Procession (1892): #C09D73 #BC783A #A25717 #774D20 #A16F3C #5E4D30
  • Mother and Child (1895): #A79270 #8E8779 #574A44 #7B6B56 #C5B199 #705441
  • Martha and Mary (1896): #BEC0C2 #808989 #ABA596 #DBC692 #63676A #C9BDA3
  • Portrait of Madame de la Laurencie and Children (1904): #ABAEB2 #DDB4A9 #7D87A6 #2A3851 #8C837A #645257
  • Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle in Three Views (1897): #9098A9 #4F5F75 #101C2C #18254E #4F5258 #2D3A58
  • Musée D'Orsay (1904): #BDAA96 #3D342D #B1E8E0 #897866 #1D1613 #EEDEC8
  • Nativity (1894): #4B4A47 #717172 #9C9E9B #8E856B #344145 #2C2824
  • The Supper at Emmaus (1894): #434641 #5F604E #7D7B5C #AAA264 #2A2F29
  • Springtime (1894): #AEC5BC #9B9E93 #6D968E #BEAD91 #987741 #A89264
  • Bacchus and Ariadne (1907): #CFBAB3 #896B6D #AB7B50 #62302C #85A2B6 #CCA170
  • Motif Romanesque (1890): #4B5E58 #7A8471 #A09969 #7E655A #A17855 #C1B996
  • Waves (1916): #2D354B #4D3B3F #B14E31 #D5BD8B #96523E #C17E52
  • Ariane und Bacchus: #D6BFB7 #745354 #99A9BF #906F69 #652F2C #824646
  • Maternity: #A7878D #7E5434 #647999 #94A7C1 #3E1E0F #110604
  • Noli Me Tangere (1920): #C6B9AE #9DA3A4 #5D8780 #A68E87 #BF9E82 #847E7A
  • Sacred Spring at Guidel (1905): #313734 #6E8D61 #7D7776 #B1A193 #8E7143 #51594F
  • Evening Memory I (1890): #401A1A #140B0F #2E1917 #392010 #2C0F1C #4A140E
  • Breton Landscape (1891): #181913 #9E9755 #21220C #6D725A #8C8F69 #3D412F
  • Inner Light (1914): #956446 #72533E #AA6631 #BB9D4F #887C66 #A0A8AD
  • Annunciation (1907): #525F58 #3E4432 #645443 #7F7664 #5B592F #7E7946
  • Encounter (1892): #3E3E37 #8D5E4D #544A3B #9A8071 #71694E #7B663B
  • Classical Landscape with Figures (1898): #778A79 #4E5846 #7E6C55 #805F3D #BC886E #AB9E90
  • Breakfast (1901): #AC9292 #AAC7CE #7B636A #A17667 #73434E #955357
  • Daphnis et Chloé (1918): #985E3E #C36837 #798D1E #A97E5E #B0AB91 #737239
  • La Princesse dans la Tour (1914): #ADA59C #CCB189 #A0693E #7A94BA #A89659 #C09382
  • Rock of Trestrignel (1920): #6E6147 #7A5726 #9F7F58 #393921 #DED7BC #CFB583
  • Bathers at Port-Blanc (1925): #6F9197 #978681 #6B6759 #93735F #403E3C #5D4A37
  • Polyphemus (1907): #B1AA9D #B59672 #775D52 #414D4E #738282 #9F826E
  • Fiésole (1931): #6B7051 #849C82 #AF8C41 #856D31 #6E6635 #4D512F
  • La Sainte Famille (1939): #968E7B #AEB7AF #6C6055 #8D6049 #72677B #8EC7CD
  • Sainte Odile (1939): #9BAC9E #93775E #27394B #66A0AE #5B6156 #456772
  • Ocean Coast: #879DAC #7D7693 #4E456C #262A36 #2F2F51 #715771
  • Eurydice (1903): #4E522C #90A174 #A56E31 #8B7C48 #72502A #727024
  • Jacob Wrestles the Angel (1893): #4D4E3B #435573 #727649 #9EA252 #F9DE21 #8E7D33
  • Portrait of Elisabeth Denis (1922): #DDCCD0 #99A3A6 #D4BB9E #BE9A89 #727A71 #7ABDB2
  • San Francesco del Deserto (1907): #D4DEDA #5C8E90 #3E4238 #7D7867 #8EC7CE #A1B1B2
  • Regatta in Perros-Guirec, View of the West Pier (1897): #4B3C28 #A8896B #C8A171 #BFB7AE #8E6838 #68471D

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