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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.

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Odilon Redon

Redon's color belongs to interior worlds — blues and violets that have no natural referent, pinks and golds that seem to emanate from within. He called himself a painter of the invisible.

Palette: #9D8769 #694F37 #A06A3C #814427 #C2985E #B74424 #171011 #6E2B17

  • Flowers in a Vase (1910): #F2CF93 #C8A975 #6F461B #423510 #936125 #D28E2A
  • Etruscan Vase with Flowers (1900-10): #766B4D #7B5E31 #A79F74 #514733 #5E3D21 #8D7E48
  • Vase of Flowers (ca. 1905): #906647 #996A2F #AA8459 #80887A #864F21 #663423
  • Symbolic Head (ca. 1890): #59452B #403529 #4B291E #7D6B42 #6A5121 #A79568
  • Closed Eyes (1889): #A4907F #93715D #A48E5F #78554B #8B7840
  • Anemones and Tulips (1902): #7A6554 #5D524B #1F1A1E #9D887C #38302F #6C362F
  • Trees in the Blue Sky (1883): #9C7D47 #875B31 #373624 #5E4D2F #603117 #C2A383
  • Rocks on the Beach (1883): #AE957A #9DA08D #7C5F4A #D4BEA4 #8D8176 #4B2819
  • Window (1907): #91806C #7B5B44 #6B452F #4B2D1F #555650 #994834
  • Butterflies (1910): #9AAB8D #C1C19F #6C9793 #ACAB76 #121118 #3F4446
  • Chariot of Apollo (1912): #646B68 #888372 #C4A980 #AC8A6A #91644D #E0CE9D
  • Vase of Flowers (Pink Background) (1906): #CCAA8A #CC9C5C #AB7D51 #C04B1A #EEDBC4 #565842
  • The Chariot of Apollo (1905): #A56A45 #7F807C #88735D #5C6669 #D09264 #7C553F
  • Evocation of Roussel (1912): #AACDCA #DC9146 #D6C599 #F5B669 #F3C287 #C39E5E
  • Large Vase with Flowers (1912): #AFAE97 #D0CAB9 #C76F32 #C67E56 #C5987E #9D6950
  • Vase of Flowers (1901): #BAB7B3 #9A9387 #5C7971 #AE9E74 #89796C #A9644A
  • Flowers: Poppies and Daisies (1867): #181B10 #372614 #A93420 #892818 #DFC49F #6A1F10
  • Mystery (1910): #A68C5B #DEC07F #AE7537 #6E603B #7E8560 #2D382F
  • Saint George and the Dragon (Saint Georges et le Dragon) (1909): #684531 #45403D #192122 #9B7E5E #7B6E61 #51291C
  • Devotion Near a Red Bush (1905): #938B81 #7C9198 #7B6658 #5C665D #3F5F50 #674E44
  • Christ on the Cross (1910): #D5D0C8 #B7B5AF #9C784F #9C8469 #8A7F78 #B29952
  • Ophelia (Dwc): #B9C3B5 #86988D #326F90 #125C66 #090A0B #185699
  • Apollo's Chariot (1910): #7F817A #525050 #688CB5 #597DC0 #5A6B82 #728892
  • Portret van A.m.l. Bonger-Van der Linden (1905): #CBC7B9 #BDAD8E #997852
  • Ophélie, la Cape Bleue sur Les Eaux (1900): #8E8270 #676D66 #434943 #716049 #9B724D #4D5A77
  • Pandora (1910-12): #CFBC97 #768B79 #8E8060 #B3945B #BB8A3F #AF9E79
  • Profile of a Woman with a Vase of Flowers (ca. 1895-1905): #A07133 #875F36 #3A382F #58412F #844634 #6A624C
  • Apollo Chariot 1905 1906 Oil Paintings (1905-06): #111117 #BD5122 #4A2620 #836A52 #D9782B #AD7040
  • Beatrice (1885): #C99947 #E2BC43 #799EC8 #4C8BC8 #A97036 #2274C8
  • Conque Marine: #608B95 #555E54 #314955 #34677E #9DA084 #D8B558
  • L'Enlèvement de Ganymède: #6F716B #AD9275 #B1B0AE #7D6651 #4A5356 #5D4534
  • Gouache et Pastel 41x32: #AC997A #B27C50 #8E6D4E #CEA26C #854721 #CF8A45
  • Bouquet in a Chinese Vase: #6E3D32 #957C61 #7F432D #9F6230 #27372E #463F30
  • Etruscan Vase with Flowers: #746A4B #7D6031 #B1AB82 #4E4538 #5E3C20 #968952
  • La Nuit (the Night) (1910-11): #A38666 #6C594B #C6AF8E #B89057 #8F98AB #8B653F
  • Baronne Robert de Domecy (1900): #AEA498 #D7CDB3 #0F0A13 #22151B #402523 #C4A986
  • Bell-Tower Keeper ((190): #C2B0A5 #B99B86 #97908C #8A6A66 #797479
  • Le Bouddha ((190): #998F7B #777774 #98ABB8 #C0AE82 #6A5A4B #B8B3A2
  • Butterflies: #93A88E #BCBD99 #A8A670 #926142 #422727 #CBB067
  • Les Yeux Clos (1890): #807A82 #A6958A #79604B #442F24 #D0C3B1 #665957
  • Devotion Near a Red Bush (1905): #948B81 #72695C #798E96 #3F5D4F #805D73 #654C43
  • Die Kathedrale (1914): #69604C #8C846A #484035 #606B68 #907442 #765535
  • Figure Under a Blossoming Tree ((190): #A39B87 #B38C65 #996B4A #8B9697 #D4C5AC #A75440
  • Mystery: #A9915F #A06F3C #E4C480 #645135 #C69045 #7B8460
  • The Buddha (1904): #B8A385 #8F725E #BF8C59 #D8CAA9 #D8C17C #A15940
  • Vision: Vase of Flowers (1900): #90827B #425867 #656852 #BEBEA7 #485E4D #897E60
  • Woman in a Gothic Arcade: Woman with Flowers (1905): #917864 #68604F #845B42 #7B8773 #58827D #B8986D
  • Roger Angelica 1910 Pastel sur Papier 92x73 Moma New York (1910): #2E2F2A #474338 #343B4F #353E6D #2D3B84 #5A5F49
  • The Crucifixion (1904): #A34323 #C1461F #B76B35 #864126 #471B0E #632B19
  • Bouquet de Fleurs: #7B6456 #402922 #936D46 #7D4831 #4D473C #B29675
  • Wildenstein: #292923 #48453A #675F4F #687299 #7F7573 #A39383
  • Wildenstein: #A48975 #B3815E #251A19 #A06540 #89634B #B76936
  • The Boat (1898): #343535 #5B504E #31414E #3A537B #2E4E94 #0D3D95
  • The Buddha (1904): #BFAD8D #AA886A #887263 #C7995E #9E9D8D #B5774D
  • Tête D'Orphée: #808E93 #413228 #BAB1A2 #443F44 #48311B #E4CCB4
  • Les Anemones (Still Life with Anemones) (1905): #6A685A #6B3D1D #72543F #815B39 #49230A #B02207
  • Battle with the Dragon (1907): #5F6572 #83878C #A59D94 #406489 #49424D #C8C6C4
  • Vase of Flowers, After Cézanne (1896): #93806A #52524C #88554E #CBB4A9 #333436 #936D37
  • The Chariot of Apollo (1909): #5D98C5 #B27E52 #A79E90 #95502F #693825 #8CA1AB
  • A Woman Reading a Book or Reading (1914): #7D493B #4D3B40 #A8784D #603B39 #302930 #4A2829
  • The Mount of Calvary (1895): #8392A2 #578EBF #A18A72 #C0B487 #6E5140 #807975
  • Bouquet de Fleurs (1900): #7A6355 #3C2821 #A88661 #75442F #895D3C #593F35
  • Calvary (1895): #A49075 #8A919A #5791C3 #C3BB8F #71523F #718EA9
  • Beatrice (1885): #C48F42 #E1B645 #3681CC #7C9DC4 #F4DD56 #A2682E
  • Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1907): #D6BF96 #604533 #8D7867 #B39B80 #40352E #695749
  • Etruscan Vase with Flowers (1905): #766945 #A8A076 #7D5D2F #504634 #5C3C1F #948754
  • Bouquet in a Chinese Vase (1912): #6F3D32 #9B876C #824A30 #716048 #A15024 #3E3A2F
  • Madame Arthur Fontaine (Marie Escudier, Born 1865) (1901): #4F4337 #8E7455 #322922 #83746E #5E482D #B69C87
  • Bouquet of Flowers (1902): #9A8069 #845A41 #723D2D #6E4F50 #4C5F53 #A3764D
  • Les Landes à Peyrelebade (1885): #9FAA9B #77723D #BFB892 #6E6249 #544233 #5E5828
  • Rue de Village (1875): #664A3E #A8886E #9C9C8C #CAAB90 #856D5B #5E3320
  • Les Rochers (Rochers en Bretagne) (1875): #768181 #A98860 #341E15 #513829 #8C6C4A #A6A798
  • Vase with Bindweed and Camomile (1867): #646160 #413D3E #2C2A26 #493A2F #A97A54 #944F40
  • Baronne de Domecy (1900): #ABAFA3 #A5885B #4D5166 #BEB28F #77877B #444140
  • Village by the Sea in Brittany (1880): #66A0A9 #D5AE81 #6C8282 #A59174 #7A6F61 #5C554A
  • Breton Village (1890): #6B97AC #998E55 #BFAD82 #80825D #D5CDB8 #5E5544
  • Saint Sebastian (1910): #897357 #CBB18A #F1C28B #985F2E #738486 #CE9156
  • Still Life with Flowers (1905): #7B6D4D #948E76 #574B36 #443528 #30302D #745335
  • The Golden Cell (1892): #100D2B #403A1E #5E5121 #23276B #161143 #100C35
  • Le Bouddha (1906): #A29984 #777570 #98A9B7 #625446 #8292BC #C4B07D
  • Profile on Red Meanders (Formery Known as Jeanne d'Arc) (See Google Books) (1900): #1A1B13 #BD3731 #8E302F #74BFB9 #4D6F55 #8D6F3C
  • Old Man with Wings and Beard or Winged Old Man with a Long White Beard (1870): #72654B #4A4030 #948657 #5F3C29 #B6A357 #DBC967
  • Flower Clouds (1903): #948C80 #927651 #68635A #0C1B11 #B07E3E #4D442F
  • L'Apparition (ca. 1890): #4D615F #5E715D #7A885F #405268 #989958 #606F4D
  • Ophelia Among the Flowers (1905): #506A6B #AE9057 #837050 #6D4B33 #477B9D #AC6A65
  • The Gothic Window (1900): #8F6B37 #AE7E38 #6B5C3D #C3A66E #39352A #674826
  • Two Young Girls Among Flowers (1912): #AA6B10 #CBB784 #C5994A #A3AB9C #9A8450 #934007
  • Profile of a Woman with a Vase of Flowers (1900): #705D33 #393728 #7A6E4E #534E3B #5E412E #373C37
  • Bell-Tower Keeper: #C9B2A1 #AA9F9B #A88A79 #827C7D #8E665D
  • Vision- Vase of Flowers (1900): #90827B #5D654E #405965 #BDBCA3 #3F4649 #745152
  • Woman in a Gothic Arcade- Woman with Flowers (1905): #957B65 #6F6556 #835C42 #748473 #343430 #5B4F45
  • Spring (1907): #93857A #78522E #B38756 #575C73 #96592E #8B6851
  • Nasturtium (1905): #966642 #8E815F #8C4B2F #A14A25 #616648 #AC8458
  • Still Life with Fruit (1905): #887173 #716F55 #4C2520 #5C453B #6B3023 #814828
  • Apollo (1905): #86837E #A78B68 #8A6345 #728290 #614439 #74604E
  • Le Char D'Apollon (1908): #54462A #404531 #3A4543 #7A5627 #453427 #553326
  • Cliff Scene (1895): #513D33 #3B2520 #6B492D #6B737D #9B6D40 #523421
  • Symbolic Head (1890): #5C482C #4C2C20 #473D30 #3A2D22 #8E7E57 #5A251D
  • The Birth of Venus (1912): #D7B194 #BE8756 #AA9C98 #B17F69 #BC5239 #EDD9C2
  • The Cyclops (1914): #AAA7A0 #593E39 #52434D #9E7559 #351F23 #6C3929
  • Portrait of A.m.l. Bonger-Van der Linden (1905): #D3D4C8 #C0BC97 #816B32 #AB9E67
  • Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water (1900): #8F8371 #686B61 #4A4E45 #9B744F #4B5875 #7C6347
  • Arbres sur Un Fond Jaune (1901): #A28E6E #C1A867 #CDBFA4 #806B4E #916146
  • The Red Poppy (1895): #BA8E6C #322F2F #70483D #AC453E #D1B195 #4C3530
  • Roger and Angelica (1910): #292923 #403C30 #373A45 #2C396B #2D4185 #295446
  • The Winged Man (1890): #7FB587 #383522 #E9E887 #515735 #F1FAAD #718354
  • The Red Tree (1905): #9F9884 #947E5F #CBC4AE #80644F
  • Eve (1904): #684132 #59615A #8E644E #85958B #B28764 #303B48
  • The Muse on Pegasus (1908): #EDC77D #D5A464 #E2D59E #A89771 #8F6342 #B0C7AD
  • Icarus (1890): #AE995F #9F5D32 #7D5A33 #733918 #9E7B4B #B75425
  • Flowers in a Japanese Vase (1908): #BD9675 #B0745A #9D5D36 #C08953 #7F361F #9F321F
  • Mystical Conversation (1896): #745E4B #B18156 #4B515B #895A36 #C47827 #324771
  • Profile and Flowers (1912): #5E3722 #D6B5A2 #7D635A #D0A35C #2A0A14 #472A1D
  • Fantasia (1910): #5E6661 #382E24 #51493C #3E4644 #5E422B #222521
  • Fishing Boats: Memory of Venice (1908): #7E7768 #A59375 #4A483F #252521 #6B563F #0F0E0E
  • Fishing Village, Brittany (1883): #866D4F #487B93 #6F868B #555B68 #68645D #382F29
  • Landscape (1872): #79A1B3 #998267 #625C56 #C3AF97 #E1DED9 #443A35
  • Initiation to Study-Two Young Ladies (1905): #AB9F7B #9B7D54 #857F63 #3E7579 #755D3D #728877
  • The Port of Morgat (1882): #708781 #453627 #A69675 #312216 #6D5D3E #1C150F
  • Sailboats (Allegorical Landscape) (1907): #B79361 #905329 #986E46 #AF773C #6C4223 #85807F
  • The Crucifixion (1904): #88613E #BC8C58 #704126 #462F21 #9F622E #94451F
  • The Two Graces (1900): #B59064 #957658 #CCA758 #DAB287 #A46145 #7B624F
  • Animals at the Bottom of the Sea: #B8814C #B29882 #BE7E2C #A17651 #955426 #8B5D38
  • Lady of the Flowers (1892): #A06A32 #7B5128 #614827 #49281B #C08B47 #100809
  • Pond in Les Landes (1880): #91A2A8 #7C7646 #A9A798 #607B7B #5C5933 #856E48
  • Bouquet of Flowers in a Green Vase (1915): #AFA48F #90816C #505F50 #725C46 #6F816E #CBA58A
  • Siren (1900): #656055 #514031 #373730 #1D4B31 #64392A #49321C
  • Saint Sebastian (Basel) (1910): #95582E #983116 #8C6948 #D48F58 #732A1A #293850
  • The Chariot of the Sun (1910): #9F8F81 #7B6A5D #59443C #7A7177 #432B28
  • The Grey Sail: #737675 #928777 #334B4A #3C261F #59453C #7E583E
  • Village dans Les Basses-Pyrénées: #7D6546 #85816E #544230 #3B3027 #62584A
  • Crucifixion: #9D8A63 #584B36 #7A694A #383122 #1A1A14
  • Young Woman Standing: #322920 #76562B #493722 #5B4121 #9B763E
  • Apparition (1907): #856333 #644928 #302618 #B59A5F #7F3417 #5F2612
  • The Death of Orpheus (1904): #11100E #842F10 #B26823 #A93913 #6B2912 #934E1F
  • Village Square, Brittany (1883): #8F6729 #717F68 #447569 #7E4A0B #A78C5C #492D17
  • Christ and the Samaritan Woman (the White Flower Bouquet) (1895): #A0766E #9D4E50 #59535E #E1E2DD #814B50 #CC9F80
  • Pandora: #AB957A #7B837D #DABE91 #AD7751 #C9A06E #913117
  • Frontispiece for le Mouvement Idéaliste en Peinture (the Idealist Movement in Painting) by André Mellerio, 1920.1801 (1920): #E3D1AD #B4A689 #7B715E #312C23 #50483B
  • Pandora (1914): #C8AE93 #93A4AE #A4876D #DEB884 #A07230 #C89664
  • The Birth of Venus (1912): #CCA662 #54451B #7A5424 #3D3D1E #A87332 #1D4728
  • Ophelia Among the Flowers (ca. 1905): #5C554A #AB7747 #6B452F #3A3434 #84664F #8E6138

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