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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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Otto Mueller

Otto Mueller was a German painter and printmaker of the Die Brücke expressionist movement.

Palette: #9B8260 #88867A #575147 #BBAA98 #855635 #DBBC95 #CAA764 #C37A4B

  • Bathers (1916-17): #9D7854 #816C52 #67574A #53433C #855841
  • Nudes in the Dunes (1919): #DBBB91 #D7E3BF #A6B99A #D9AE64 #385D71 #957F62
  • Girls at the Water (1926): #386957 #67814C #495B33 #4B5B4F #BCA184 #253F33
  • Zwei Jünglinge und Zwei Mädchen (a 21703) C. (ca. 1874-1930): #433825 #98712E #252014 #765220 #674E30 #161107
  • Two Bathing Girls (1917): #BFA586 #86836F #949398 #51796C #9E865D #BFB7B1
  • Natur mit Badenden (1915): #9DA7A7 #70686A #58807F #375A5C #E3DFDD #C38D71
  • Das Große Paar (1914): #8C7679 #CAB3A7 #B1948B #C5A18A #655662
  • A Tree (Unkn): #A6AA95 #39393C #7C8B84 #887E64 #56534E #CFBE94
  • Halbtakt (1925): #E5DDD1 #AFA59F #ECD5A8 #7F7678 #595255 #D0BBA4
  • Waldsee mit Zwei Akten (c. 1): #684F30 #28281A #423E29 #AD9260 #8E592B #8D6E40
  • Liebesfrühling II (Doppelbildnis Maschka und Otto Mueller): #534749 #A28E7F #C9B8A9 #845451 #B5C8D6 #7A6C68
  • Liebespaar (1914): #4D545D #B9987B #7F7570 #D9C6BA #393C43
  • Liebespaar (1920): #987F58 #D9A95D #5F5048 #D8B980 #BC8A52 #473838
  • Liegende (1914): #453E45 #B6A293 #95765C #74635E #9A877B #C59E6F
  • Liegendes Mädchen (1914): #A7986A #B9B1AE #847C6B #DBBD8B #DED4C9 #C9A25A
  • Nacktes Mädchen auf Baum (1922): #6D595A #A1886E #9B6E64 #D7A575 #D0AC99 #493E49
  • Neger und Tänzerin (1903): #CCBDA3 #9A8676 #54484C #786764 #BCA68D
  • Couple in a Sleazy Bar (Lovers) (1921): #756461 #CEAF9B #9F7F75 #514545
  • Self Portrait (1918): #652F19 #A73C16 #461B13 #8B4A30 #82290F #190305
  • Sitting and Kneeling Figures on the Bank of the Moritzburg Lakes (1912): #2F3326 #7F6D5A #7A7079 #1A1E25 #936939 #474842
  • Stehende Zigeunerin mit Kind (1926): #5E524A #84825D #E6A583 #B09884 #A98361 #816E5B
  • Gypsies with Sunflowers (1927): #4B453F #A8816F #664F45 #826B5F #8D634A #F09D47
  • Zwei Badende Unter Bäumen (1923): #C8B1A1 #D5B186 #937663 #B49070 #6B5146 #4C3F3D
  • Zwei Mädchen mit Pudel (1924): #848D6A #61715A #B7A960 #747D7A #525C53 #B8B699
  • Landschaft mit Badenden: #A2A299 #898B6F #6B6A56 #C7A56F #97805B #4D483E
  • Zwei Pferde mit Junge und Hütte C1924 (ca. 1924): #605C4C #AA8961 #85815C #3C3C42 #AB9F5B #647965
  • Dünenlandschaft 1280954: #415C54 #B7BCC0 #5E8467 #E4CDB3 #8BAC8B #60808B
  • Two Nudes on the Grass: #CFBAA6 #9DA073 #868582 #B8B5B4 #646362 #676C51
  • Accampamento Zingaro, 1925 Ca (ca. 1925): #C2B29F #524733 #7A6B57 #9F8B76 #7479BB #0C0B0D
  • Adamo Ed Eva (1913-22): #B19892 #2B3538 #757772 #4C534B #687A4F #967771
  • Bagnanti, 1920 Ca (ca. 1920): #2E2B45 #E5D59D #B8AA9A #221612 #CDB273 #ECE6CA
  • Due Nudi Femminili in Un Paesaggio, 1926 Ca (ca. 1926): #C98538 #AF7953 #3A301F #75481C #9C6429 #745739
  • Saarbrücken, Moderne Galerie, Otto Mueller, Waldteich mit Badenden (2024): #305148 #8D8F80 #5C5851 #2E2D29 #586F61 #1E3732
  • Saarbrücken, Moderne Galerie, Otto Mueller, Zwei Zigeunerinnen mit Sonnwnblume und Pferd im Hintergrund (2024): #D6BF9E #18203D #EBB08D #284529 #BA866A #704F2A
  • Two Nudes in the Thicket (1915): #A49B83 #DFC5A3 #757266 #739189 #595248 #C8AB86
  • Seated Gypsy Girl (1926): #656B4D #B6946E #685844 #8E7050 #50443A #3A3433
  • Boy in Front of Two Standing Nudes and a Seated Nudes (1910): #596852 #AA7C40 #344839 #967552 #282B25 #5E503B
  • Seated Couple (1920): #C1B770 #33382A #5A5932 #807E51 #9F9454 #1B1E17
  • Landschaft mit Badenden (1915): #8B9496 #667067 #4B4D4B #B8A991 #D7B07E #8C7762
  • Bathers (1916): #9E7753 #857257 #635448 #4D3D39 #825643
  • Lovers (1919): #1C2E33 #A5815F #826B5B #3E545C #3E744F #B29351
  • Two Nudes on the Grass (1924): #D1BCAA #6D6C67 #A8A97A #919087 #B6B4B3 #7E825C
  • Three Nudes Before a Mirror (1922): #C19C6D #675241 #63645E #39433E #B48057 #CFB091
  • Two Bathing Girls (1917): #9C968A #C2A98C #838892 #767862 #D3CBC5 #A88B66
  • Standing Gypsy Children (1927): #917F78 #BAB0B1 #423C3E #655856 #A87C67 #D0AA81
  • Horse at Black Water (1927): #5C9CAE #565558 #92756A #2A2A30 #40536C #72888A
  • Portrait of the Artist (1920): #DEE1E4 #2F8159 #AEB3B4 #A7836D #214940 #788781
  • Two Gypsy Women with Cat (1926): #715747 #E4B64E #3E4647 #7A2C25 #C09C4D #864B41
  • Two Women in a Landscape (1916): #928F79 #6B6E61 #4E4D43 #A28F65 #C1BBA5
  • Self-Portrait with Pentagramm (1923): #353134 #765E50 #57514C #858773 #D37561 #A87E61
  • Half-Length Portrait of Two Nude Women (1919): #E3CEA8 #E2B883 #605954 #B7A67C #DEC95F #61503C
  • Landscape with Yellow Nudes (1919): #686D53 #41566B #4A5142 #2F3533 #928A55 #2B4639
  • Two Female Nudes in a Landscape (1926): #937C5C #7E7065 #555049 #373335 #787B62 #755E42
  • Self Portrait (1918): #945F44 #D3634B #714130 #50392B #A9503C #B7845F
  • Adam and Eve (1917): #B69FA4 #4D5656 #7A747A #E1DCDA #1F2D36 #28424B
  • Three Women in a Wood (1920): #B19B79 #5F6655 #927B57 #2E3736 #191A18 #424D43

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