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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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Paolo Veronese

Veronese's signature was a cool, silvery palette punctuated by passages of iridescent color — turquoise, coral, and the palest gold. His feast scenes are orchestras of fabric and light.

Palette: #251F17 #433222 #927555 #654C31 #C6A881 #662717 #824225 #C0925A

  • The Conversion of Mary Magdalene (1548): #3F2213 #70593F #957D5F #5E3D28 #111109 #231209
  • Bathsheba at Her Bath (1550): #382D26 #241812 #BB9971 #714C34 #8F6646 #EBD1AD
  • Perseus Freeing Andromeda (1575): #1F1A1E #9A9894 #725D4D #3B3734 #63707A #DAE2E6
  • Christ Among the Doctors (1560): #645E4B #322F28 #9F957C #8E673D #1A1D1E #5F432A
  • Venus and Adonis (1580): #363827 #CAB17E #806A39 #44301C #A5A395 #607086
  • The Vision of St. Helena (1580): #140B0E #AC8559 #DBC8AD #5F3D27 #412A22 #885F3D
  • The Feast in the House of Levi (1573): #C9CEC3 #7C6555 #4C3E39 #477E91 #A89B88 #90A8A6
  • Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (after 1571): #19100F #384A3C #33281F #6B604F #3A1012 #473A2A
  • The Wedding at Cana (1560): #7A7B63 #BEC2A1 #313225 #5A492E #90B7D9 #DDE4CD
  • Allegory of Virtue and Vice (1565): #12090D #50352D #281A1D #E1CEC6 #3F3661 #867985
  • Lucretia (1580): #171615 #503D25 #252318 #2B321D #82613C #D6BA99
  • Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto (1571): #917A64 #4D4B46 #DCD3C8 #141116 #674837 #4E372E
  • The Family of Darius Before Alexander (1565): #A69E95 #413731 #74473A #6F6257 #837E79 #2A292D
  • Madonna with Child (1548): #3F2F27 #B29581 #6A452E #735D52 #9C6F4E #C18F61
  • The Visitation (1577): #3B2E1E #5B4B35 #2E312F #211E13 #786850 #6A472A
  • The Marriage of Saint Catherine (1567): #2B291D #716C52 #4A3F2D #59543F #B6A484 #8B6940
  • Europa and the Bull (1580): #927E5C #222316 #565A44 #605132 #403A22 #12120C
  • The Resurrection of Christ (1580): #2A211A #462F1F #695949 #84563D #C5A183 #A38167
  • Baptism of Christ (1580): #3F4431 #2A2B1F #858062 #5F6B55 #B1B395 #73888B
  • Jupiter (1528-88): #947453 #3A2D24 #6C5039 #533D2D #25241F #3A2613
  • Juno (1528-88): #503D2C #886D4C #6A4F35 #BAA077 #2E2C26 #36281B
  • The Presentation in the Temple (1528-88): #583D24 #3E3121 #734222 #2A281E #9B6632 #C8A364
  • Judith About to Kill Holofernes (ca. 1528-88): #21110C #0E0305 #3A2615 #4E3118 #905125 #3A0E0A
  • Saint Jerome and a Donor (1528-88): #0D0F0F #3A2F22 #081018 #132D34 #635544 #767160
  • Saint Jerome in Penance (1580): #27262B #141214 #493C33 #B9C5BC #7B6C59 #361A15
  • The Falconer (1560): #8A6C41 #654B2E #472B18 #2B1B0D #B49664 #733F17
  • Ezekiel: #B7BCC6 #524D53 #171925 #34353F #878A92 #6A6C75
  • The Lamentation (1581): #181311 #715436 #B98961 #3F2D1D #E2B186 #772923
  • Adoration of the Kings (1585): #2E2819 #49341D #6E5234 #131308 #7B4016 #5F3A1B
  • Wisdom and Strength (1572): #251E18 #625F59 #684B2D #354453 #412D19 #8F7354
  • Mars and Venus United by Love (1570): #443924 #1A120A #70593B #2B1E0F #0E0C0A #A18E74
  • Boy with a Greyhound (1570): #342C1F #584B33 #211D13 #8A7A58 #44301D
  • The Annunciation (ca. 1580): #271F17 #5E4633 #3A322C #866E5C #3E2A1D #56504A
  • The Baptism of Christ (ca. 1580-88): #1A1206 #1A1D0A #0A0905 #563826 #35341D #3C4136

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