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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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Morgan Russell

Russell co-founded Synchromism, treating color as the organizing force of painting. His canvases build rhythm from interlocking arcs and chromatic chords rather than observed light.

Palette: #593C2E #A69783 #99783B #A73222 #815632 #601413 #204E30 #D2AF37

  • Cosmic Synchrony: #2A345C #425171 #B04921 #C37F1E #975443 #AFAABE
  • Four Part Synchromy, Number 7, By: #612F2E #527781 #2E79A7 #135D94 #DEC9A6 #B03D2C
  • Morgan Russell (1919): #B1A289 #4E0C0B #6B1711 #291514 #B17E4D #DE7E37
  • Morgan Russell (1913): #171319 #2F372D #D32C2D #D9AE2A #761E20 #5C1A1E
  • Synchromy (1914): #724A4A #6E818D #CD8444 #506440 #ADAD67 #E3D899
  • Self-Portrait (1907): #204D30 #9E7F34 #816735 #27412B #573C27 #A6724A
  • Synchromy No. 6, By (1922): #2A435F #617B93 #3D633E #94A8B3 #5D3834 #7F7533
  • Synchromy: #A08B76 #16130F #56281A #6C5C45 #24251D #35211B
  • Self-Portrait (1907): #214F31 #8C7036 #24402B #62492F #A26B44 #AB8B33
  • Cosmic Synchromy (1913): #AE9985 #7B522C #70614E #5F3521 #2C2827 #9B7145
  • Four Part Synchromy (1914): #756252 #161210 #373126 #222221 #564735 #3B170F

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