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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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Olga Rozanova

Rozanova's Color Painting achieved pure chromatic abstraction. Her Green Stripe anticipates Barnett Newman by decades — a single band of color as complete statement.

Palette: #D1B484 #8A5037 #B28743 #C65F49 #2F4179 #C33226 #0F0C0C #E6982B

  • Beerhouse (1914): #9C8D87 #6B6B70 #B29072 #7A605A #C9C0BB #4C4D53
  • Blue Vase with Flowers (1912-13): #D9C8B8 #6588A2 #354C7E #B89C85 #2B5BA0 #2A3750
  • Cityscape. Roofs (1912): #7E5946 #606568 #A6B5B4 #C4AA8D #573E33 #7C93B7
  • Cityscape (1912): #E1DDD7 #B7C1BE #255E6B #7F947C #658594 #D78C77
  • Cityscape (1912): #A76250 #121117 #DCDDDC #959BA5 #31323C #4E565F
  • Cityscape (1913): #100E0C #A4A08D #3C3B36 #7A766A #822B14 #5A2313
  • Cityscape (1914): #544D53 #322E35 #E0DCD2 #B5B2B7 #949096 #787078
  • Construction Work (1913): #6A7269 #999F94 #2D332A #444A40 #C9C7B8 #AB8A54
  • Female Portrait (1907): #12141A #CD6142 #313232 #311F1E #4E5653 #9F3E2C
  • Flight of Airplane (1916): #4F75BE #F9A435 #1E764E #F7D347 #F65E8C #AF643D
  • In Cafe (1912): #321C0F #6D6D64 #E4162D #2C467C #E9EFEC #E54947
  • In the Street (1915): #E0DDC3 #5B5D5D #94999A #090905 #F0D997 #A24820
  • Jug with Flowers (1911-12): #B74438 #DAA9A0 #D37C70 #222C47 #344A6D #326150
  • Kerosene (1915): #CDC0AD #5B554A #B58B5B #A89479 #8B857C #8A6542
  • Metronome (1915): #2D2B37 #4C4955 #72788C #97907B #C7C782 #B0AE82
  • Port (1913): #A99D9A #434748 #726C70 #B1847E #73534E #9C5B5C
  • Red House (1910): #92897F #4F4338 #BBB7B3 #B4704C #73A981 #919AC0
  • Room (1915): #C8C9CA #354A68 #5F7797 #232B31 #3B2820 #827A6B
  • Self-Portrait (1912): #242D6C #343136 #D0C8CA #8F5834 #B17F44 #6F3E29
  • Sideboard with Dishes (1915): #D7E5E1 #3F2525 #3B4055 #6F9BC8 #603C32 #101123
  • Smithy (1926): #3A3A3D #C3BFBC #A37264 #5C2B2B #7F443F #CBAC8D
  • Still-Life. Vase (1912): #7B4C38 #512917 #131411 #A6A3A2 #4B4F36 #BEA43F
  • Still Life (1912-13): #BA9475 #3C3730 #91674F #A3998C #563428 #625A50
  • Still Life with Green Jug (1913): #D6DAD9 #575E62 #989C9D #AD7240 #58A8B8 #232629
  • Still Life. Gloxinias (1913): #DFD3C1 #AAA99E #767F76 #4E584F #BC8768 #EAD7A7
  • Still Life with Tomatoes (1910-11): #11274B #B97E88 #3B8ABB #EAE2D6 #6A5483 #1E4294
  • Suprematism (1916): #C6C6C2 #8D1D12 #989447 #D68F10 #57141F #0C0D46
  • Cityscape (1910): #E0D5D6 #C87340 #586043 #A85340 #E3B295 #DE2731
  • Working Casket (1915): #DDDCD6 #9A4324 #6C3D21 #54351E #7B532B #966A32
  • Writing Desk (1915): #DFE9E2 #0F0510 #2B2037 #B7BEC1 #DD3A0F #B67411
  • Suprematism (1916): #120B06 #C8BEAF #F6EFD9 #867D6A #A2998B #F4A82D
  • Jack of Hearts (1915): #C7C9C2 #333830 #F3EDCD #EF773C #1A160F #4B8164
  • Queen of Spades (1915): #D9D8CB #9A9A97 #41385E #EFC39B #891108 #B2381E
  • Queen of Diamonds (1915): #EAEAF2 #090502 #D02405 #DC907E #700D04 #4D0803
  • King of Clubs (1915): #283336 #BB9454 #DAD6CD #939395 #F2E05D #D6B87B
  • Construction Work (1913): #B8BAAC #5D6259 #353C33 #838A7F #A79067 #9D7239
  • Jack of Clubs (1915): #17161E #8D9BB9 #E4EBF5 #607091 #404B68 #F1C645
  • Selfportrait (1912): #222C6B #474449 #DAD5D9 #272428 #8B5431 #A8733E
  • Cityscape (1912): #DDDEDC #6D8774 #92A5A4 #19525F #75A7CF #54808D
  • Non-Objective Composition (1917): #E8E8E1 #11131B #A0AAAC #EF673D #DF9E80 #38777E
  • Still Life (1913): #BB9273 #463F37 #A4998C #654031 #966F57 #6F685D
  • Blue Vase with Flowers (1913): #DED0C2 #547A94 #D2B593 #98B2C9 #344672 #325096
  • Still Life with Tomatoes (1911): #B1717B #0B2B52 #214797 #EFE2D3 #2E4374 #B4A1B5
  • Jug with Flowers (1912): #B94639 #DCABA4 #D48D82 #D17266 #222C48 #33604D
  • Still Life with Jug and Apples (1912): #E1D7D5 #586476 #9398A6 #C46B61 #303745 #C63547
  • Sideboard with Dishes (1915): #D9E6E3 #3F2628 #6D99C7 #57342C #795241 #101123
  • Green Line (1917): #CBC3BD #A8A399 #29744D #5F9776 #89A486 #164A27
  • Red House (1910): #D6D6D8 #5E5954 #B0A89E #8F867C #D29B6A #73A981
  • Factory and the Bridge (1913): #3A3A3A #A77D6F #ACABAC #5B3D38 #787577 #565557
  • Man on the Street (Analysis of Volumes) (1913): #3D3E42 #7B868A #AFB6B3 #585E61 #9B8E78 #856D55
  • Cityscape. Roofs (1912): #7E5946 #6E7276 #A9B7B6 #C4AC91 #7F95B9 #45474B
  • Non-Objective Composition (Color Painting) (1917): #C84020 #C6D6E4 #AC201B #DF754B #2B5B9A #2B2F42
  • Portrait of Anna Vladimirvna Rozanova (1912): #ECEDE9 #1D259C #C88BA5 #BC6B85 #5672DD #56A674
  • Writing Desk (1915): #DFE9E3 #0F0410 #2B2139 #D93A12 #915C42 #D1B585
  • Smithy (1926): #C2C0BE #323437 #5D2D2B #A17161 #854B43 #757C7A
  • Still Life with Green Jug (1913): #DDE2E1 #50565C #B4B7B9 #292D31 #858B8B #AD7140
  • Hairdressing Salon (1915): #CEC1A4 #1E1F20 #472C27 #9F6D47 #979681 #4D5756
  • Restaurant (1911): #051736 #86A0B6 #4D6880 #7B601F #04050C #790B35
  • Metronome (1915): #2F2D38 #A1A08A #72768B #494758 #BEB977 #1D1B1E
  • Working Casket (1915): #DFDED8 #7C5228 #94452A #972E13 #60341B #5992D6
  • Flight of Airplane (1916): #4F75BE #FAA335 #262462 #F45E8B #F7D447 #238054
  • In the Street (1915): #E2DFC6 #8D9295 #585A5B #0A0B08 #F2DC97 #A3471F
  • Still-Life (1913): #867A6F #B1ACAF #1E1919 #5A4E43 #3B322A #434652
  • Colour Composition. (1914): #ACB2AC #F4D179 #D6CA9C #17253C #16315C #DEAC41
  • Colour Composition (1914): #D9D4D0 #A5B7CF #4C1F1B #1D1215 #6D93C3 #C4A445
  • Colour Compostion (1914): #F1E090 #C0492C #DEB174 #F0E7DB #D77B55 #BAA450
  • Still Life. Gloxinias (1913): #DAD0BE #999B92 #434D44 #727668 #B47C58 #EBD8A8
  • Kerosene (1915): #C9BCA9 #AF875A #59544A #90887C #7D5839 #BBA281
  • Blue on Tin (1913): #0F0F13 #667199 #25224E #414578 #141329 #8E9AB4
  • Port (1913): #AA9D9A #706D70 #383C3D #9E736C #5F4440 #B77854
  • Boulevard (1912): #724A11 #545256 #A6432B #6C4C2F #988F9C #052889
  • Green Stripe (1917): #D7DEE1 #6E8146 #506436 #BBC5C3 #92A474 #B0BFA4
  • Room (1915): #CACACA #40587D #2E221B #798EA9 #553326 #3C4C59
  • Non-Objective Composition. Color Painting (1917): #BD3024 #F7A72B #8C2C27 #392B2F #EFBE69 #C46637
  • Beerhouse (1914): #737072 #B7ABA6 #937E76 #6A524E #4D4D54 #B8947A
  • Male Portrait (1912): #1161AE #0B070D #2B2935 #CEC9C7 #AA886A #074A9A
  • Simultaneous Representation of Kings of Hearts and Diamonds (1915): #DBB531 #1E2431 #D4E3E3 #73838B #D7C45D #2F9675
  • In Cafe (1912): #331B0F #E0182E #ECF1EE #AD1B25 #E05650 #9A4043
  • Four Aces. Simultaneous Representation (1915): #E6E7E2 #13161E #CB472F #6191DC #2D353D #AFB8B1
  • Watches and Cards (1915): #C1B9AE #563426 #026F6D #CD7B8C #5D4D70 #40231F
  • Dissonance (1913): #3F4652 #CBD2D6 #A2AEB8 #6F7C89 #292C37 #C48D69
  • Composition with Cards (1915): #E9E7CC #969B98 #F4A911 #DDCF9B #505249 #CE3A28
  • Corner of the House and Bullfinches on the Tree. Winter (1907): #ADB5BF #878DA6 #5E637C #8B837B #B5AC8F #D7CA9A
  • Portrait (1913): #A69992 #362727 #D0D1D0 #5B3B35 #72635E #2F4169
  • Portrait of Lady in Green Dress (1912): #4C909C #080909 #3D575F #ECF1F2 #3864C0 #91B9D4
  • Female Portrait (1907): #222124 #100D11 #32231C #6C6040 #3E3E3E #978557
  • Landscape (1909): #152019 #2D3E2E #0A090A #AFABA7 #C76028 #475633
  • Still-Life. Vase (1912): #7B4C37 #512816 #11110E #BAA342 #555A41 #9D7B6A
  • Fire in the City (1914): #283138 #677B84 #40505E #998062 #624B3B #CC5130

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