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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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Nicolaes Maes

11 works, 1650 to 1686.

Palette: #272017 #4C412D #AE986D #816A44 #3E2811 #573A1C #744F2B #743D17

  • Portrait of a Man (ca. 1655): #141212 #281E12 #533F1A #3B2D15 #725C26 #97722B
  • Belichje Hulft (1656-1714). Echtgenote van Gerard Röver, Koopman en Reder Te Amsterdam (1675): #211F1C #3F3831 #9D8F7C #D3C1AD #655A48 #0F0F0F
  • Willem Pottey (1666-94). Advocaat en Rekenmeester-Generaal Te Vlissingen (1686): #1C1C1A #070908 #3B3124 #617279 #5A4A35 #3B4449
  • Catharina Pottey (1641-1718). Zuster van Willem en Sara Pottey (1661): #242019 #43301B #563C1D #A78F59 #D0B26A #84734E
  • Cornelis Evertsen (1642-1706). Luitenant-Admiraal van Zeeland (1680): #0F100A #2A231C #463B2D #A59270 #7E5D37 #462515
  • Meisje Aan Het Venster, Bekend Als 'de Peinzende (1650): #26231F #13191B #403122 #724E2C #59482F #AE9474
  • De Spinster (1650): #120F0A #2B2011 #4D4530 #9C9273 #72421D #422E14
  • Portret van Een Jonge Vrouw (1665): #1F1D18 #342F24 #D9CFBA #4E4636 #B5A78A #988669
  • Groentemarkt (1655): #4A4027 #1A150D #79653C #312919 #53381B #3F2B16
  • Portret van Een Jonge Man (1670): #090904 #3B250C #907042 #221508 #5F4019 #7E714C
  • Jonge Vrouw Bij de Wieg (1652): #1C170B #3A280F #70552C #573D1C #793416 #0F0F08

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