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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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Paul Cézanne

Cézanne used color as a structural material. He built form through modulated patches of hue — small strokes of related colors that create both depth and flatness simultaneously.

Palette: #6A6449 #B39460 #A2987B #121210 #795E35 #9F6A3C #728C9C #9B4425

  • The Card Players (1890): #26292D #8A9595 #606F6F #41403D #364757 #5E4839
  • Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses (ca. 1890): #5D9394 #1C2930 #C3D0C8 #324F53 #15483E #AF7826
  • Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress (1888): #455A57 #36282A #6F403D #253F40 #563D3E #1A2729
  • Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants (1893): #6E8674 #45665E #204349 #435135 #2E473B #13282B
  • The Pigeon Tower at Bellevue (1890): #6191A2 #426257 #BE925F #60977B #6C8170 #9B9F82
  • Mount Sainte-Victoire (1904): #374D47 #578895 #3D91B3 #6B7D76 #1F3029 #5A5D45
  • The Brook (1895-1900): #4D6760 #2B4A44 #7B8C87 #84815F #3B3B2E #457657
  • The Eternal Feminine (l'Éternel Féminin) (ca. 1877): #385352 #A8B09B #5C7873 #1E3037 #837D63 #78602C
  • Still Life with Blue Flask, Sugar Jar and Apples (1900-06): #CF8F41 #B89761 #978F71 #D7C495 #39658A #9E7147
  • Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue (1869): #645C59 #170E0F #947E71 #DDB3A1 #322727 #EED9D4
  • The Sea at L'Estaque (ca. 1878-79): #A0A1A1 #7D7A6B #3A433A #576058 #1F241C #917D53
  • Forest (ca. 1902-04): #4C5C4F #758A4C #96A883 #5E5D39 #826E27 #A97C10
  • The Red Roofs at L'Estaque (ca. 1883-85): #2D3F31 #50759E #496648 #708355 #4F6F8B #D19F5C
  • Man with a Cotton Cap (1866): #6F6652 #D7C7A1 #202121 #B69E70 #433F33 #93774A
  • Boy in a Red Waistcoat (ca. 1888-90): #252524 #364544 #6F7E76 #525141 #51352B #A0A490
  • Mount Sainte-Victoire (1890): #A3A5A2 #7A7E7D #A79978 #535757 #726E5B #B69D66
  • Morning View of l'Estaque Against the Sunlight (ca. 1882-83): #677262 #9B957E #C0B090 #3C5240 #DED1B2 #6B7E58
  • Les Grandes Baigneuses (1906): #808F95 #AE9F87 #606F6E #4B554F #7D735D #564C35
  • The Eternal Feminine (ca. 1877): #C9C9BD #262A2D #4A5652 #919B91 #6F7B72 #B09E7E
  • Banks of the Marne (ca. 1888): #9FA3A4 #3B403A #917941 #758046 #63685B #416D33
  • Bathers (ca. 1890): #435252 #939C9B #AB9B81 #6B7470 #748FA7 #59738D
  • Bathers (ca. 1883-87): #4D6851 #AFA17C #6C7F54 #8B9881 #254B35 #D6C9B0
  • Country House by a River (ca. 1890): #7E7250 #BBAAAF #6B6229 #424229 #3F3E0F #E7B39C
  • Cour de Ferme (1879): #6F6C5A #43473A #AB9E7C #81848A #666647 #CBC4AA
  • Fields at Bellevue (ca. 1892-95): #C8C4B0 #B5AC7D #6E725F #77935C #D4B067 #3A4639
  • Fruit and a Jug on a Table (ca. 1890): #9FA593 #7A7F7B #32353F #505866 #6A5A4A #0D070B
  • Afternoon in Naples (ca. 1875): #6B756D #959A90 #415151 #C0A683 #846E52 #A2804A
  • Landscape (ca. 1888-90): #C0C2BE #979994 #485B63 #4D554C #747C6D #8C6C5E
  • Madame Cézanne in Blue (1890): #839085 #AEB4A2 #575434 #5C6E73 #424D51 #AC9E73
  • Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair (ca. 1877): #656C59 #73693C #979774 #7C3D31 #394740 #6F7B79
  • Maison Maria with a View of Château Noir (ca. 1895): #8198AB #8E9073 #56715D #AA905D #3A4C46 #62634A
  • Man in a Blue Smock (1896): #4C6B85 #2F3C4B #748D9D #A8B2B4 #BF9762 #888874
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire (ca. 1902-06): #6C7B6A #677B88 #777432 #414D47 #1C2F2E #3A4126
  • Poplars (1879-80): #3F4432 #5B6142 #E0D7BF #282E21 #807B4B #AC9A5D
  • La Route Vers L' Étang Road Leading to the Lake (1880): #3D4C5B #718185 #D7D6C9 #847A69 #575254 #213042
  • Seated Woman in Blue (ca. 1902-04): #3E3536 #6C7285 #373D50 #1F2334 #4F362B #624A2E
  • Self-Portrait (ca. 1878-80): #483F1F #342E1C #20191E #28211B #634E25 #AE7D52
  • Still Life with Apples (1893): #63766D #3F5654 #263331 #939B87 #181D1C #6C6447
  • The Bay of Marseilles, Seen from L'Estaque (ca. 1885): #99ADAE #497081 #71755A #AC8F60 #556F6A #778A8C
  • The Buffet (1877): #CFD6BB #4D3E22 #303025 #243C42 #63401C #7E5021
  • The Murder (1867-70): #140404 #2B0E09 #3D2617 #4F4230 #6E5D3C #BBAD78
  • The Pond (ca. 1877): #445C35 #687F94 #2B4042 #344530 #6B7237 #18252B
  • The Red Rock (ca. 1895): #838D62 #566046 #AFBDC5 #B99E64 #B6BC8A #323C2A
  • The Tree by the Bend (ca. 1881-82): #324739 #47654B #DACFC8 #B0AF76 #3E713D #728C5A
  • The Village of Gardanne (le Village de Gardanne) (ca. 1885-86): #E0D0A5 #8D8D65 #4F5A48 #C2B589 #B0955A #2E392E
  • Turn in the Road (ca. 1881): #435043 #5F7260 #315844 #1D3D32 #8D9383 #BFBDB3
  • Woman with a Coffeepot (ca. 1895): #8C8774 #696455 #313740 #A0ADB8 #778AA2 #4F5250
  • The Pool at Jas de Bouffan (1876): #7E8678 #A5ADB3 #4B5E4A #CCAF7A #A89E7C #344D4D
  • Bathers (1890): #8F93A2 #BEB0A6 #566472 #314155 #87887D #E5D1BA
  • The Card Players (1894): #3D3A39 #68615A #5A4639 #DAB170 #AE9F83 #B28E57
  • Apotheosis of Delacroix (1890): #CBCCBF #64656F #AEA59C #9AAEB6 #8C7B7A #3E414D
  • Baigneurs (Bathers) (1892): #646C68 #C1B9B6 #909087 #374645 #D5B99D #7F6E57
  • Bethsabée (1885): #A8AEB2 #717A7E #3E464F #5E9072 #7E8EA4 #3F6853
  • Bouquet au Dahlia Jaune (Bouquet with Yellow Dahlia) (1873): #696A56 #232422 #3C4138 #141413 #988F78 #4E4A33
  • Small Delft Vase with Flowers (1873): #BEC2A8 #1F3739 #8D8B72 #070B0C #445D64 #C21D17
  • Dahlias in a Delft Vase (1873): #272312 #3D3211 #76531C #5A4C38 #514D65 #BB7A12
  • The Boat and the Bathers (1890): #9EC0CE #7EA0AE #425147 #253330 #B4BFB5 #6F8380
  • Still Life with a Medaillon of Solari (1872): #3E2115 #674523 #9B6E3B #5C4332 #7E5E3F #AF6620
  • A Modern Olympia (1873): #A29175 #C9C0AF #464D48 #9A9E8C #6E6449 #884732
  • Mountains Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Bibémus Quarry (1897): #3A443F #75735C #AE8043 #4B676B #7F8990 #6088AB
  • Portrait de l'Artiste au Fond Rose (1875): #100F10 #C7A774 #A4593A #282525 #B37C50 #D99C60
  • Pyramid of Skulls (1899): #20211A #464533 #DBB568 #707155 #DCD4AC #816D3C
  • The Boy in the Red Vest (1889): #5E827F #142528 #16484B #99A79A #C2C2A9 #908463
  • Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier (1893): #89826B #DDCDAF #343B36 #565546 #A26148 #CBAC77
  • Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair (1888): #849C97 #875B56 #594141 #927637 #35292D #687D77
  • Still Life with Compotier (1879): #4A5D6B #293345 #21181E #859191 #191D28 #892B26
  • Mardi Gras (1888): #546B71 #706E58 #404C4D #D4DCC4 #A6BBB0 #7E6947
  • Artist's Portrait with Hat (1879): #222942 #797B5F #343F51 #70472F #4B5A5E #495548
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bellevue (1892): #8FA7B7 #485C65 #7C7D7D #2A3946 #B2A996 #171E2A
  • La Pendule Noire (the Black Marble Clock) (1869): #CABFA8 #070309 #9B9082 #201E2A #424C59 #736455
  • Still Life with Fruit Basket (1888): #D2C9B0 #BE9B33 #93887C #515866 #9D7420 #DDB327
  • Madame Cézanne à la Jupe Rayée (Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair) (1877): #777B4C #496165 #5C6B4E #2F3F3C #9AA060 #593D37
  • Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) (1894): #576971 #838B82 #8698AA #A5966F #394651 #4C668A
  • Self-Portrait in a Soft Hat (1894): #7A7757 #464E42 #5B563E #1E2320 #463B29 #654B2B
  • The Bunch of Flowers (1902): #4F5556 #8F989A #343635 #637581 #73756E #C2C6C3
  • Chestnut and Jas de Bouffan Farm (1886): #374739 #D1B370 #A9AC89 #91AECB #C9D3D8 #5D8140
  • Farmhouse and Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan (1884): #657C45 #E0E4BE #495534 #C4B561 #98A770 #2C3724
  • Le Fumeur de Pipe (the Smoker) (1891): #121726 #303845 #8F562C #392F31 #505050 #A49DA6
  • Les Voleurs et L'Âne (1870): #2E3836 #C5A867 #19191E #506159 #231B18 #362E22
  • Pont de Maincy (1879): #6B6B59 #4E473F #A09378 #3E3331 #7F6350 #C7B092
  • La Maison du Docteur Gachet (1872): #A9B0B3 #D6CDB7 #4C4936 #716E57 #9E9171 #C2AA79
  • La Maison du Pendu, Auvers-Sur-Oise (1874): #998F67 #6B674C #929898 #494B39 #5F6A42 #CCBF92
  • House in Bellevue (1890): #879177 #BEB8B7 #3F5D63 #5D6957 #C59763 #D0B48C
  • Lady in Blue (1904): #24101A #6A4635 #4A3732 #A1A09E #5A6370 #834520
  • Still Life with Onions (1898): #889190 #414345 #656D6D #7A5B4B #A36B52 #CBCBC2
  • Still Life with Apples (1890): #D0BE9A #72675B #988D74 #333435 #4C4A43 #B47B35
  • Apples and Oranges (1899): #ABA9AC #77797B #4D4F49 #493024 #E3DFDD #6C3D28
  • Pastorale (1870): #403D37 #778A96 #5E5B3F #BEAA97 #928170 #5D666A
  • Paul Alexis Reading a Manuscript to Zola (1869): #130E06 #BCBBAD #4F4A34 #433816 #848274 #2B2818
  • Le Pont de l'Île Machefer à Saint-Maur-Des-Fossés (1895): #4E725B #1D4538 #89987F #122A21 #205648 #0A1B15
  • Jeune Fille au Piano (Girl at the Piano (1869): #191121 #655551 #968A83 #D0C7BF #392C36 #321725
  • Portrait of Madame Cézanne (1890): #BCC6B1 #435563 #2B333B #909F90 #697A82 #F2EBC7
  • Victor Chocquet Seated (1877): #826A44 #615F57 #87918C #190F10 #AD7236 #CFAA5A
  • The Basket of Apples (1893): #AAB6A5 #775A26 #485552 #718279 #918551 #696646
  • Turning Road at Montgeroult (1898): #0E2528 #2D4349 #586048 #0B3327 #A77D41 #5C7483
  • The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1877): #3D4239 #11110D #24251D #686C5D #5670A5 #E8EAC1
  • La Tranchée du Chemin de Fer (1870): #739DB6 #A5BDC0 #9F9148 #7F6B22 #57431A #697976
  • Man Smoking a Pipe (1897): #7A7677 #AEB6C3 #535B60 #424345 #665149 #A6948B
  • Peaches and Pears (1890): #C0C2C2 #383E47 #93999D #51493E #846B49 #636F7B
  • Sucrier, Poires et Tasse Bleue (1865): #232A2E #13181C #21435F #775D45 #9D9440 #747B2C
  • Forest (1902): #535854 #799CB7 #7E836E #906B44 #624F3C #69794C
  • Maison Devant la Sainte-Victoire Près de Gardanne (House in Provence) (1885): #828C8A #83896C #AE9563 #495F44 #BFC1B0 #4D5C63
  • La Tentation de Saint Antoine (the Temptation of St. Anthony) (1870): #141B1B #242213 #353E2D #6C6843 #8F7B45 #0D2A30
  • L'Estaque, Melting Snow (la Neige Fondue à L'Estaque) (1870): #CFCCB5 #5C686B #272E2F #868369 #54543E #8F9892
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley (1882): #88824E #9D9C8E #586443 #273723 #3F4D2E #7A7C65
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine (1887): #738E8A #3F5F62 #7FA2B8 #A6B8B7 #929973 #586C5C
  • Portrait of Gustave Geffroy (1900): #101821 #1C2938 #82888B #39424D #35282F #625B59
  • Still Life with Teapot (1902): #706F65 #4C504C #2A2E2F #594B35 #BA7535 #111313
  • Harlequin (Arlequin) (1880): #6A7373 #555656 #332C2B #963F31 #743B32 #624D45
  • Le Vase Bleu (1890): #81787F #655F5E #D59B59 #E2B57F #846C53 #B58957
  • The Road Bridge at L'Estaque (1882): #ABA589 #213215 #10170D #465120 #929791 #B2902E
  • River Bend (Coin de Rivière) (1865): #1B1B16 #605332 #342D1A #B9B7B3 #3D432B #0C0B08
  • The Courtesans (Les Courtisanes) (1868): #A2967F #485048 #181E21 #2D332C #737469 #0A0D11
  • Railroad Cut (la Tranchée) (1867): #A99F8E #A17550 #474729 #C4976A #73664C #5A6C68
  • Man with a Vest (l'Homme à la Veste) (1873): #BDB097 #9EA0A1 #726F64 #48443A #2F2E2A #624F35
  • Bather at the Seashore (Baigneuse au Bord de la Mer) (1875): #9B9994 #687147 #B79E77 #282E28 #4D524E #6E7174
  • Village at the Water's Edge (Village au Bord de L'Eau) (1876): #A3A5A6 #C0A782 #A27B52 #686C55 #778493 #B9AD98
  • The Well Driller (le Foreur) (1873): #999488 #5E7E5F #5A6469 #353A41 #6D5749 #AC9472
  • The Spring House (la Conduite D'Eau) (1879): #677F4C #283A2E #395630 #957955 #93999A #C1A877
  • Leda and the Swan (Léda au Cygne) (1880): #617774 #B79773 #213C4F #908066 #625D4D #37595E
  • Village Square (Place de Village) (1879): #B6A179 #B5AD9D #7A7B5A #68736B #3D6C4B #3A4B4C
  • Bathers at Rest (Baigneurs au Repos) (1875): #70787B #3E6351 #404D47 #A49776 #928E82 #4C5E7D
  • Grapes and Peach on a Plate (Grappe de Raisin et Pêche sur Une Assiette) (1878): #404546 #707A77 #1E1F1B #4D4026 #343323 #735A34
  • Toward Mont Sainte-Victoire (Vers la Montagne Sainte-Victoire) (1878): #9D9C9D #77945F #B79971 #948469 #6D726A #48534B
  • Three Apples (Deux Pommes et Demie) (1878): #848170 #A37F48 #634D2F #373937 #8D5033 #A66C4C
  • Plate of Fruit on a Chair (1879): #80643A #455056 #55553C #707141 #493B24 #797E7E
  • Fruit on a Table (Fruits sur la Table) (1891): #3A332D #B3A798 #A77A48 #855B3B #685A4B #8B7B58
  • The Coach House (la Remise à Château Noir) (1890): #9F8780 #806863 #9A7B62 #674F4A
  • Leaning Smoker (Fumeur Accoudé) (1890): #D9C3AD #A59485 #695E58 #302728 #C19F71
  • A Table Corner (Un Coin de Table) (1895): #ACAAA0 #4A514B #797A67 #916D43 #9C8E6A #BA9C67
  • The Bellevue Plain, Also Called the Red Earth (la Plaine de Bellevue, Dit Aussi Les Terres Rouges) (1891): #999E9B #B48B5A #606A4E #6E8291 #8D8962 #354430
  • Terracotta Pots and Flowers (Pots en Terre Cuite et Fleurs) (1891): #74572B #AC844F #493F30 #2B2219 #685741 #8B5B2F
  • Group of Bathers (Groupe de Baigneurs) (1893): #5B697B #BFAFA4 #30413C #334456 #7A807C #9B9C9F
  • Still Life (Nature Morte) (1893): #D9C4A1 #49494B #AC9577 #B5ACA3 #2D2D30 #716D68
  • Millstone and Cistern Under Trees (la Meule et Citerne en Sous-Bois) (1892): #A89449 #676448 #6E8548 #3F6246 #97996A #786031
  • Apples and Cloth (Pommes et Tapis) (1893): #B7A98C #707373 #464B4C #303233 #8E8559 #AC673F
  • Portrait of a Woman (Portrait de Femme) (1892): #414245 #262121 #413028 #5B3A2D #743A24 #9E7963
  • Bibémus (1894): #B47F4C #957B5B #504830 #685D35 #312E1B #736959
  • The Large Pear (la Grosse Poire) (1896): #856C50 #34363B #4F5153 #514637 #77777D #A68960
  • Still Life with Soup Terrine (1877): #B8B8B6 #8B8E8F #B79B75 #61686E #5A3B33 #D1BA5B
  • Nature Morte au Tiroir Ouvert (1878): #C3C9CB #476371 #444339 #74909E #A69159 #6C6C5F
  • Paysan Assis (Farmer Sitting) (1900): #B28760 #1D1D1C #3D3327 #7E5936 #363B3F #C28246
  • Self-Portraits (1875): #060409 #262624 #977346 #736540 #394038 #4E5B55
  • Portrait de Madame Cézanne (1885): #A3956E #2D414C #76735C #C39859 #D1B089 #1D2A32
  • Rochers Près des Grottes Au-Dessus du Château-Noir (1904): #A6A295 #73715C #CEBA98 #CFCEC6 #90A0B1 #9F9270
  • Vue Prise du Jas de Bouffan (1876): #435F51 #648A57 #839DA7 #376A49 #A4945D #6A7F76
  • Marion et Valabrègue Partant pour le Motif (1866): #1C111A #2D2424 #505233 #D5C3A6 #3E382D #C6883D
  • Le Hameau des Pâtis à Pontoise, Encadré par des Arbres (Hamlet of Pâtis in Pontoise, Framed by Trees) (1881): #595A44 #A2A08C #3B3C28 #7B7956 #585A33 #9F976A
  • Portrait of the Artist's Wife (1877): #6F6D6A #8E7545 #60322D #4A4949 #6B593B #322D2D
  • Still Life with Carafe, Milk Can, Bowl and Orange (1879): #4D463B #706249 #31281E #503B22 #969274 #795424
  • The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L'Estaque (1885): #6E8EA9 #A5C7B7 #D9AD67 #B6A977 #598D67 #386B58
  • Tulips in a Vase (14824564417): #96D9DC #DBF7E6 #8AAF98 #668F83 #D7EBA3 #F05939
  • Banks of the Marne (1888): #9FA4A5 #3F443F #70793B #85876E #467238 #6B6F69
  • Woman with a Coffeepot (1895): #777464 #9E9B87 #2D313A #A1ADBA #7588A1 #535047
  • Les Grandes Baigneuses (the Large Bathers) (1906): #7A8A8E #AC9D87 #505D5B #7E7663 #5E543D #937040
  • Les Baigneurs (1890): #939D9D #4E5D5D #A99D88 #6E7774 #354343 #718BA3
  • Les Peupliers (1879): #3B4031 #575C3F #E0D8C0 #6D6A3C #202718 #BDB07E

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