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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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Paul Sérusier

Sérusier's Talisman — a cigar-box lid of pure unmixed color — launched the Nabis movement. His palette distills nature into flat planes of symbolic color.

Palette: #907D5A #875A38 #AE712F #CBAF77 #B18E54 #9B491B #CD9547 #E0B939

  • Farmhouse at le Pouldu (1890): #A08F79 #BD9366 #E0B649 #C9AE70 #5F88C9 #99BEBE
  • Roof Tops in Paris (date not known): #6F6041 #AFB29D #534637 #D3D19D #251918 #8F6C33
  • Still Life with Apples and Violets: #597C95 #3F5872 #9D9477 #758983 #5A6065 #B1A259
  • Pommes et Écuelle Bleu (1922): #CDCBBF #A05142 #E7C452 #949089 #74353A #B37544
  • Sous-Bois (le Huelgoate) (1892): #A59E8A #66626C #BCB57D #B75047 #A56158 #979098
  • Still Life: the Artist's Studio (1891): #615917 #3C3718 #9C8B20 #766F0C #9D3C07 #46470E
  • Mignonne, Allons Voir Si la Rose: #6F6861 #6B353C #BD8B50 #4B2531 #876E4F #D5B160
  • Bretonne au Champ de Blé, Par: #1E342A #4E6D3E #8B5B18 #3B442C #6E8884 #5C4A22
  • Cour de Ferme en Bretagne, Par (1891): #8F5E31 #CDBAA0 #6D6B69 #937B61 #663D0C #35392A
  • La Brodeuse, Par: #71816F #B6967D #7D9392 #765556 #2D2F37 #546D7B
  • La Conteuse (1918): #AE8757 #3C332F #853B34 #9A5E48 #D1AC77 #836344
  • Le Bain de la Princesse, Par (1898): #3C3627 #28241C #553B2A #8F5433 #695E3F #91371B
  • La Colline aux Platanes (1907): #76765C #795941 #79716C #4A3B35 #977B57 #5C5A4A
  • Nature Morte Avec Maïs et Tomates: #93541A #8D5931 #4C4A2C #70391A #7A2B13 #90924E
  • Nature Morte aux Pommes sur Nappe aux Carreaux Bleus et Bouquet Feuillage D'Automne (1915): #957148 #6A3C30 #777C65 #70281F #515245 #A0A17A
  • Par Georges Michelet (1887): #151312 #7A5F3E #2D261E #55432E #484038 #C89C6F
  • La Lutte Bretonne: #43423E #948B55 #82754F #6A6757 #2F2E2E #5F4A39
  • Bretonin auf Dem Weg zum Waschplatz (1890): #6B816F #465856 #567488 #987C51 #AEA598 #83929C
  • Die Wäscherinnen (1891): #5D6565 #414A49 #333434 #3B6075 #9B8A6B #8194A1
  • Landscape at le Pouldu (1890): #45522C #22412D #102820 #071927 #6A4944 #7F6D69
  • Promenade dans Les Bois de Châteauneuf (1890): #8C6234 #272622 #B59E58 #977E4B #675437 #423A2B
  • Synchrony in Green (1913): #4D645B #284250 #717553 #9D965E #3B4041 #7B8D7C
  • Rochers au Pouldu (1890): #827D7C #3B2B25 #1F1411 #A16E4E #623D2A #472718
  • The Holy Face (1904): #AC9385 #C89467 #A34D34 #7D666C #A67756 #FAD852
  • La Veuve de Guerre (1919): #5F5F3A #43432B #393841 #1D1B13 #322F23 #B6864F
  • Les Roses (1924): #6E462E #7A3F26 #4D2B1D #361E18 #A37865 #7F8671
  • Walkyrie au Repos (1906): #828757 #596249 #B8B78C #AAA559 #A7853B #3D463A
  • Paysage Mauve, Par: #443E3B #554733 #616128 #2B2828 #686012 #6C6754
  • Portrait de Marie Francisaille, Par (1896): #45443B #262523 #624A33 #5D6B67 #111215 #8D4835
  • Breton Dance (1890): #DEA206 #3D5C1E #CB9719 #415B36 #6C6C30 #674C15
  • Still Life with Bottle and Fruit (1909): #5A5655 #989480 #B5742D #7E7461 #BFB388 #70402B
  • Seaweed Gatherer: #CFA76E #7B8278 #B8B9B2 #646E14 #62774B #673730
  • Breton Panel with Children (1894): #A76F2B #101309 #684A22 #4F4E36 #32220A #D0AD69
  • Breton Panel with Cows (1894): #AB7C22 #0A0D07 #87601D #3D4033 #998557 #E9D681
  • Émile Bernard Portrait De (1893): #D9AA83 #C4B1AD #B88866 #BE804B #927D7F #9A613B
  • Paysage Vert, Vallée de Châteauneuf: #585836 #3C422C #7B793D #7D6939 #634E2B #282B1A
  • Young Breton with Sickle: #B39024 #59655D #939890 #384845 #8F6931 #795C3A
  • The Reading: #0D0C09 #762715 #8B5126 #66361A #746642 #431F0E
  • Paysage d’Automne a Châteauneuf: #CF9541 #AAB294 #6E6D55 #A46235 #F1B15B #C1B988
  • Young Breton with a Pitcher (1892): #6F5A54 #503F3E #1B101F #9C4D42 #362029 #46352B
  • Still Life with Apples and Violets (1890): #587C97 #415B72 #9D9578 #758984 #44505C #B1A15A
  • Apples and Blue Bowl (1922): #D0CEC2 #E9C453 #974A36 #726C6C #B56B44 #CD9644
  • Undergrowth (le Huelgoate) (1892): #A49C8C #565563 #AE584E #726764 #B33D3A #827D8D
  • Still Life (1927): #9D9D85 #6E603D #7A7863 #A69351 #5C5446 #A17C6A
  • Synchromy in Yellow (1915): #895C31 #958A45 #A6672B #C2A17F #957E5D #3F1A05
  • Louise or the Maid from Brittany (1890): #141212 #DA8565 #695B4B #C2AA80 #9A714D #7B412A
  • Le Talisman, l'Aven au Bois D'Amour (1888): #D4AD24 #232A1F #95951E #A6C0E3 #184819 #AD7F1F
  • La Barrière Fleurie, le Pouldu (1889): #476A4B #565549 #A3AA9A #BD967C #2B3F38 #81664E
  • La Lutte Bretonne (1890): #43433E #958C56 #81754D #747263 #65543D #2D2C2C
  • Les Trois Fileuses (1915): #86354B #847A63 #374E3F #16222E #98A886 #576D62
  • Portrait of Paul Ranson in Nabi Costume (1890): #C89C50 #8E6628 #75B0C0 #5A1E15 #9F4714 #B66A1C
  • Synchrony in Green (1913): #4D645B #264555 #7A7B56 #334347 #758B7C #D3B649
  • The Shepherd Corydon (1913): #74784D #575A5F #686454 #AB7A4A #89694C #9C916B
  • The Beach of Les Grands Sables at le Pouldu (1890): #C6A155 #4B513A #7D8D7C #86673E #A88047 #996132
  • Boys on a River Bank (1906): #B3A475 #79704E #AA7A59 #796E6E #A89856 #1A1421
  • Under the Lamp (1906): #0E0C0C #935F22 #C89E5B #AE6810 #BD8427 #704C1E
  • Two Breton Women Under an Apple Tree in Flower (1892): #4C4638 #2B2D28 #1A1E1D #9D8572 #57362E #6F634C
  • The Game of Breton Children. (1894): #9A7135 #2C2C25 #684B21 #63593A #B79C48 #43371E
  • The Snake Eaters. (1894): #723F1B #2F2B20 #4A3521 #9D4C1A #4D2A10 #C15B1E
  • The Two Cattlemen on the Meadow. (1894): #9E6D24 #865A22 #26211E #3D2D1D #574B31 #6F502D
  • The White Cow. (1895): #52662C #7F7C62 #2C362B #41542D #4D5844 #4F7884
  • Breton Woman Sitting at the Seashore. (1895): #C9AC40 #BFCED7 #92ABBC #15150F #D69220 #9E8330
  • Naik-The Bride (Detail). (1895): #352414 #201D16 #A56A20 #75521A #503616 #813C08
  • Girl from Savoy (1890): #495522 #7D8489 #2A2F21 #32451E #3F3B1F #70572B
  • Bretons in the Forest of Huelgoat (1893): #39352C #77663B #82482F #6F6552 #998E6B #5D3D29
  • Seaweed Gatherer (1890): #767D72 #CFA66D #B6B6AF #626C14 #904317 #577647
  • The Children's Supper (1907): #554B51 #BA7657 #768893 #7F504F #546176 #593934
  • Landscape at le Pouldu (1890): #173125 #2C482D #46533F #6D6931 #0D242F #49532A
  • Roof Tops in Paris (1864-1927): #5F553F #B5B899 #7A663F #251918 #343037 #99793B
  • The Harvest of Buckwheat (1899): #3F2D1C #231C13 #574529 #A17454 #351E10 #5E301F
  • Landscape at Pont-Aven (1890): #DDA650 #B7BDB5 #7093AB #5B895F #9E8C6D #507571
  • Small Landscape with Seaweed Fishermen (1889): #819972 #BCBD9D #1D3F66 #945C61 #445C78 #E2BE82
  • The Holy Face (1904): #C89568 #B39988 #867070 #9E472C #FADC58 #EBB543
  • Spring in Pouldu (1890): #434736 #B38D5B #2F332D #787977 #515D33 #5D5555
  • Celtic Tale (1894): #4D4E4A #393733 #9D904B #CAC322 #6D684B #885145
  • Still Life with Bottle and Fruit (1909): #6D6760 #989280 #4C4848 #B9772E #813F23 #C1B587
  • Le Café (1907): #C4B986 #B4704A #E5B059 #717D78 #57392F #251C19
  • Breton Woman in Meadow (1890): #21372B #4F6E41 #8A5A17 #122823 #375F45 #6D8884
  • Libations Five Figures in a Mythical Forest: #3B4438 #836A3E #4D573F #906D2A #6E836E #644A33
  • Still Life with Pears and Bouquet of Peruvian Lilies: #787455 #9F7037 #523B2B #795A38 #B3A143 #514E3C

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