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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 Vrubel

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor.

Palette: #6E583F #AB875E #4D3B26 #C6B293 #3A2216 #652B18 #875F2D #AD694B

  • Goals of the Demon (бл.): #9A7E5F #73593F #53402C #33271A #4C331A #1F170E
  • Die Kartenlegerin (1895): #BF9F8C #966E66 #7B4A42 #715050 #513435 #635D66
  • Porträt der Nadeshda Iwanowa Sabela-Wrubel, Gattin des Künstlers (afte): #96745C #6F5042 #C0A283 #54382E #40251F #171313
  • Night (1900): #381F14 #210F0C #3C3922 #55301B #0E0505 #6D2C1E
  • Богатырь (1898): #333320 #575536 #212214 #171814 #837C55 #6A5620
  • Six-Winged Seraph (Azrael) (1904): #353E42 #556161 #0B0F12 #191F25 #78725C #3E4B7A
  • Sud Parisa (1893): #715241 #A06D4E #4D362D #A08069 #312421 #C7A37E
  • Night (1900): #171413 #4F3A22 #263032 #30291D #271813 #6B2B20
  • Wrubel-Portrait of Son-1902 (1902): #3F3D31 #BDC6D4 #505D4B #C49B5F #7E8584 #2B2924
  • Wrubel Portrai of N. I. Zabela-Wrubel-1898 (1898): #878559 #4B4422 #A9AA8D #686234 #C9CCB5 #A7A334
  • Zabela-Vrubel (1904): #CCA071 #472A1D #2F1712 #A7845B #A79383 #1F0906
  • A Lady in Lilac. Portrait of Nadezhda Zabela Vrubel (1900): #4A361A #674D2C #835A29 #8C7967 #5A3B0F #3A2607
  • Врубель (1897): #49615F #32413A #1E2A23 #28444B #738672 #293726
  • Врубель . Роза в стакане (1904): #AB9381 #CEBFAD #765949 #E1DCCA #AC6E62 #5A3B2C
  • Venice. Decorative Panel. (1893): #31261E #4E3420 #2F1E0E #7D6554 #A06C4C #1A130D
  • Гензель і Грэтэль. Урубель (1896): #B79D6D #6E5D3E #8F7448 #403322 #624423 #A8803C
  • Muse (1896): #643410 #47261C #624C1C #4D3411 #A68D4F #836126
  • Натурщица в обстановке Ренессанса (1882): #755F4B #4B3D31 #2C2621 #A17B58 #BFA27B #734C38
  • Портрет Каролины Августы Отеро (1898): #DABD91 #AA8A60 #9A6531 #C6985F #953029 #D56B55
  • Tamara and Demon (1891): #28261E #4B4130 #7E6447 #B1895F #16140D #3F2E1A
  • Thirty-Three Bogatyrs (1901): #8D8B7F #404842 #1A1713 #846E4F #554431 #B59C5C
  • The Flight of Faust and Mephistopheles (1896): #AE8F67 #7B6645 #8B622B #EAC893 #C09253 #643D15
  • The Mother of God with the Child (Vrubel) (1885): #B9A088 #F1E398 #E2DDCA #EDD972 #601D12 #811F14
  • The Girl Against the Background of Persian Carpet (1886): #361D23 #0F0D0F #201F29 #4B3F49 #735457 #C4A6A2
  • The Demon Seated (1890): #AF8D85 #896C5D #807D78 #D49481 #5C564F #424E5E
  • Portrait of a Businessman K. Artsybushev (1897): #503F23 #A18659 #715A39 #DEC388 #8A663C #CA9F61
  • The Princess of the Dream (1896): #53503E #81858C #DBD6D9 #7C7563 #B2AEB7 #A59787
  • Neapolitan Night (1891): #5B6661 #1F292F #7FA0B3 #929A90 #3A3F37 #CAD3CE
  • Goals of the Demon: #9A7D5E #72593E #52402C #372B1D #4E341B #241A10
  • The Demon Downcast (1902): #42493F #635B41 #2D3328 #717776 #8D805C #C4BFB3
  • Bogatyr (1898): #2E2E1D #625F3F #46462F #171710 #6A5721 #201F0D
  • Tamara and the Demon (1890): #DBCCA9 #BA9F7E #251E1E #A57F58 #4C382F #745C4D

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