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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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Maximilien Luce

Luce applied the Pointillist technique to scenes of industrial Paris and sunlit countryside. His dots of pure color — warm oranges against cool blues — create a luminosity that transcends his working-class subjects.

Palette: #D3C6AC #9B886B #B88D63 #E3B56B #886C3B #AD6E39 #10100D #793A19

  • Lucie Cousturier in Her Garden (1897): #A15B32 #6A5066 #C6AB8F #7A4C39 #B17B5D #926560
  • Flodlandskab Med Pram Og Både (1873-1941): #444135 #919E87 #6D858C #5F604E #9A8362 #68756F
  • The Baby's Bath: #7C9365 #A1A58B #D1C5B1 #817C70 #4F5755 #577B60
  • Bank of the Seine: #304B42 #1C2E2F #849DA5 #A7ACAA #727F81 #3B5D69
  • The Plain Around Rolleboise: #AAA9A6 #8C7F3B #776635 #94660C #603D23 #714710
  • View of Parame: #B6AD9B #6D8F7F #4D7366 #8A7E77 #B18C73 #9B6C64
  • Kermouster, the Beach (1914): #DFD8C9 #F7D17A #CAA871 #99886E #42352C #94663B
  • Kermouster: #F4E3C2 #626555 #B0A997 #D8D0C6 #5B4E17 #D6BF9C
  • Kermouster, the Path: #F4E2B8 #D7C0AD #7F745B #B68452 #A0A8B1 #2F412E
  • The Seine at the Pont Saint-Michel (1900): #9FA3AE #D1C9BB #6B768E #434B66 #836872 #25283C
  • Slag Heap (1896): #89A1AD #363641 #494F64 #5F728B #25252A #31425E
  • Portrait of the Artist: #232123 #A89C8B #B39573 #443E3F #7D7B6A #895340
  • The Meuse Near Dordrecht (la Meuse Près de Dordrecht) (1908): #D6D7E3 #ADB4C6 #838DA0 #5F6A7C #EEE7C6 #CBC0B8
  • La Rue Mouffetard (1889): #9F9076 #6C6664 #DCDDAA #3D363B #C0B795 #A06344
  • Le Chantier (1911): #A18252 #C3984D #714C2C #584D41 #546A85 #090707
  • A Street in Paris, May (1903): #A8A09A #CCC2A8 #4A4B5A #80797C #91846E #AC8D66
  • Morning, Interior (1890): #A08A7D #735F5A #BA9272 #27221F #DCC1A1 #4C2D27
  • Flodlandskab Med Pram Og Både (1907): #94A189 #403D32 #6D868C #595846 #9B8462 #777E70

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