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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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Patrick Henry Bruce

Bruce fused Cubist structure with a bright, disciplined color sense. His late still lifes and abstract compositions reduce tables, fruit, and studio objects to crisp planes of blue, red, cream, and green.

Palette: #D5CCBF #B2404F #5E5B7A #49709C #070607 #7E0914 #D96F8E #BD2616

  • Agee and Rose: #978684 #CAC2B6 #243A2E #95A29C #790B11 #0B0A09
  • Agee and Rose: #100A12 #D0C8BC #860716 #6A80AC #D0A8A9 #4E7E8A
  • Agee and Rose: #CDCAB7 #B64E5C #CDC368 #A5A497 #60667A #424459
  • Agee and Rose: #7D6D6A #535979 #D3C3B2 #8FA29E #B74447 #747A8D
  • Agee and Rose: #2C5956 #6C6B7A #D1C9B4 #B24051 #A49B92 #A06226
  • Painting (ca. 1921-22): #3E70A8 #14214A #161A32 #72527C #65B9B4 #E16B87
  • Painting Still Life (ca. 1928): #3B6C7A #8B8DB0 #D67292 #E8E1D6 #BFBBBB #211E24
  • Still Life, C. 1921, 1975-81-2 (ca. 1921): #191817 #EAE3E2 #C3BDCA #598992 #565A91 #B22B46
  • Painting: #C22414 #516D99 #070708 #D3C5BA #817D78 #9BBAB0
  • Objects on a Table: #1D1819 #E0C0A4 #4F5569 #D14C59 #638B77 #AF253C

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