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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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Paolo Uccello

Paolo Uccello, born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician from Florence who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. Uccello used perspective to create a feeling of depth in his paintings.

Palette: #D3B48B #6F5E4B #AE6D3A #906944 #110D09 #65361B #CA9751 #894926

  • Madonna and Child (about 1470-1475): #0F0E0F #A08150 #3A2807 #845B31 #5D3C0F #281504
  • Battle of San Romano (I), Painted by Between (14351436) Img (2019): #6F6150 #BB986E #1E1B15 #4B3F31 #DCCDB2 #472E18
  • Madonna and Child: #796F55 #B78F56 #C6B085 #4D402A #956C40 #624623
  • St George Slaying the Dragon ((c.): #856536 #281C0A #746856 #473319 #8A4F34 #654921
  • Paolo Uccello, Crocifissione Coi Dolenti e I Santi Giovanni Battista e Francesco, 1460-65 Ca. 01 (2022): #B07748 #201811 #8B4F26 #5E3214 #492610 #6F6650
  • Paolo Uccello, Crocifissione Coi Dolenti e I Santi Giovanni Battista e Francesco, 1460-65 Ca. 02 (2022): #C58562 #756458 #180E06 #341A0D #71371A #502512
  • Paolo Uccello, Crocifissione Coi Dolenti e I Santi Giovanni Battista e Francesco, 1460-65 Ca. 03 Madonna (2022): #BD7B58 #15120E #A55A31 #2C180E #DAB68A #5D2413
  • Paolo Uccello, Crocifissione Coi Dolenti e I Santi Giovanni Battista e Francesco, 1460-65 Ca. 04 (2022): #9D5836 #1A1410 #C4A16F #AE7652 #521F12 #36180C
  • Paolo Uccello, Crocifissione Coi Dolenti e I Santi Giovanni Battista e Francesco, 1460-65 Ca. 05 Giovanni Evangelista (2022): #AD6B3E #6C3619 #C98F61 #AB3224 #3D2212 #130F09
  • Paolo Uccello, Crocifissione Coi Dolenti e I Santi Giovanni Battista e Francesco, 1460-65 Ca. 06 (2022): #AE6731 #D8A457 #CE8954 #85521E #170F06 #2F1C0F
  • Madonna Col Bambino, 1435 Ca (2018): #111312 #E49852 #7C838B #AF6A2F #472813 #997359
  • Ritratto di Giovane in Un Tondo, 1430-35 Ca. 02 (2016): #110F09 #331E12 #B67639 #8B5626 #503118 #664421
  • Stoning of Stephen (1435): #F1DCC5 #504245 #CEAC94 #AC8472 #7E5C51 #A9603F
  • Madonna with Child (1430): #B68D56 #7B7257 #C8B185 #4F432C #936B3F #674924
  • Saint George and the Dragon (1470): #9C9277 #0A0A07 #455F52 #535235 #232316 #757054
  • Painting of Jacopone da Todi (1436): #954532 #E2BD9A #89543C #C59272 #653025 #AB775A
  • The Hunt in the Forest (1470): #343943 #525B50 #8E6D55 #8E8875 #6B5A49 #C67757
  • The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis (1460): #7A5B4A #1C1916 #342418 #593F2E #958A69 #5B5D58
  • Madonna and Child (1445): #D1AD95 #B0826B #232222 #99664E #794E41 #AF543B
  • The Nativity (1443): #0C0F07 #592D17 #8B3F28 #F5F6E3 #A69365 #F1D874
  • Clock at Florence Cathedral (1443): #F2F1E8 #4C3E32 #E9CDA9 #706356 #A19880 #A68461
  • Adoration of the Magi (1433): #8D7665 #614C44 #42322E #6A656C #8A5D4A #B76651
  • The Resurrection (1443): #0E0F0D #F8F3D8 #F3E1A4 #524131 #BA9A62 #722F22
  • Saint and Two Children, Fragment (1435): #1F1B16 #9F554C #D08476 #DABD7C #793833 #0E0C09
  • La Thébaïde (1460): #91865A #4E371B #6F5D33 #866524 #0C0705 #C6B991
  • Crucifixion of Christ (1423): #BD9447 #9D7233 #8B5E39 #6F624F #414753 #30302F
  • The Annunciation (1420): #3A454F #CA9D38 #7F8185 #212A2F #BB8D6A #A26C36
  • St George Slaying the Dragon (1423): #856535 #716453 #281D0B #563E17 #8A4B30 #402F16
  • Miracle of the Profaned Host (1467): #573B2A #4F443D #A6463A #BD7C48 #8D5A35 #DCB073
  • Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino Unseats Bernardino della Ciarda at the Battle of San Romano (1436): #211814 #5C3722 #3A261C #B98E6C #85391E #79513A
  • The Decisive Attack of Micheletto Attendolo at San Romano (1435): #2E2C2A #4B3E34 #1B252B #6E6153 #36281F #15110D
  • Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at the Battle of San Romano (1438): #28241E #684C37 #876E5F #C99A7D #422B1A #473C2F
  • The Crucifixion (1455): #CFA052 #9E6F26 #682C20 #7A4A13 #7E512F #956E41
  • Adoration of the Child with Saints Jerome, Mary Magdalene, Eustace and Julian (1436): #3E2F1F #0D303F #694C2E #1E1914 #42423F #A29075
  • Triumphal Entry Into Rome of Titus and Vespasian (2015): #816B4B #3C342B #5E4F3C #A3A3A3 #9F8C6E #706D67
  • A Young Lady of Fashion: #1A1C1F #D6C6A5 #49515D #C2A562 #B3A37F #6A0918
  • Battle on the Banks of a River, Probably the Battle of the Metaurus: #403120 #865626 #5B3D1E #98784D #D09F63 #D9C496
  • The Virgin and Child (1500): #130D0D #9E6D3A #653D1B #211612 #CC9354 #824E21

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