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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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Mikhail Larionov

Larionov invented Rayonism, painting intersecting beams of color that anticipate pure abstraction. His palette ranges from the earthy tones of his soldier paintings to the prismatic rays of his abstract work.

Palette: #89634E #5B4C3A #AC8859 #7D3329 #6D779E #B25A28 #111368 #C49E47

  • Still Life with Crayfish (1900): #B1AFB4 #93715E #81ADAD #594E47 #AF8787 #B38D62
  • Streetcar (1911): #C3A597 #434141 #8D7B76 #232725 #624E43 #896857
  • Female Passerby (1911): #687090 #444A57 #BD3E23 #826050 #C89C9B #84787C
  • Glass (1912): #BEB5A8 #A4917A #949796 #8C6E54 #778C9F #395A60
  • Dancing Soldiers (1910): #6B301D #504435 #261E1A #39281C #7E4831 #61472F
  • Bull's Head (1913): #B7B5AB #BD9A3E #85837C #5B5954 #3A3736 #B5A57C
  • Red and Blue Rayonism (Beach) (1911): #B7B6C7 #603240 #9E94AD #0F0C79 #1B1A39 #846781
  • Rayonist Sausages and Mackerel (1912): #7F574E #767BA0 #A58A7F #513638 #5B64A2 #464B90
  • Soldier on a Horse (1911): #152557 #142A31 #BCD7E1 #16276E #A27222 #111F44
  • Nocturne (1914): #AB8555 #4B3D3A #83664B #704B34 #D2A654 #8B6139
  • Barber (1907): #B8B19F #9B7663 #474843 #9F7D3D #394456 #766F68

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