The Colorist
Archive

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.

Scanning works…

Paul Signac

Signac was Seurat's closest collaborator and the theorist who gave Pointillism its systematic framework. His work pushed the dots larger and the colors more explicitly compositional.

Palette: #D3CEC6 #59717C #D3B980 #C99E4D #B68E78 #694F3B #101424 #A3562E

  • Castellane (1902): #DEBA9D #9E949B #E6D3C4 #B9978B #C68E6F #876E6D
  • Seine Near Saint-Cloud (1900): #D5D0D3 #A6ACB7 #81A6A6 #D6B9AE #617A86 #8387A0
  • The Bridge of Arts (1912): #DADBDA #86A7AA #ADAEB2 #477077 #B7D0C2 #2D4F57
  • The Harbour Entrance, St.tropez (1902): #E4D7B5 #EBD28F #41708B #362F53 #324773 #574A70
  • Gate, St.tropez (1896): #9DBADB #73A2E1 #5485DE #C2B65B #A6373A #3765D5
  • Coast Scene (1893): #C6B7A7 #9E9488 #D6BB94 #7B7F8E #7D7163 #B5936D
  • Gouverlo, Portrieux (1888): #C3C3C9 #929FB8 #D0BAA1 #A9A39E #E0C08D #D7A86B
  • The Pont-Neuf, Paris (1931): #C8C7C4 #779093 #CBB689 #1C425B #385F62 #5981A0
  • Antibes (1916): #EADFCC #D9B0A5 #B5C2C5 #9DACC4 #7686A6 #B58B8B
  • Coal Crane, Clichy (1884): #DBDACF #7A5F47 #5F5B51 #98927D #180E0C #442317
  • The Orange Boat, Marseille (1923): #B2AFA5 #889797 #61777E #38566B #83685D #100F13
  • Antibes, the Towers (1911): #CABFB1 #939894 #D5B293 #597479 #86756B #3C5B6A
  • Les Démolisseurs (1896): #392F1E #D8C5A4 #5E4F3B #A99578 #806E55 #211A0C
  • Capo di Noli, Near Genoa (1898): #D7CEBD #6CA8BA #E1A0A3 #D0AF79 #0D609A #45925F
  • Setting Sun, Sardine Fishing, Concarneau (1891): #C4B483 #D0B667 #7D7D82 #A59D8D #CAA743 #CDC5B3
  • The Lagoon of Saint Mark, Venice (1905): #B9B5B3 #949294 #6B7A7D #41545F #D3B68A #976E55
  • Banks of River Seine at Herblay (1889): #CEC5B9 #A99D90 #928E98 #8E7E6B #73758C #4E516A
  • Woman by the Lamp (1890): #2B3241 #775E42 #9FA596 #817768 #4E473E #C9B389
  • The Demolisher (1897): #645B55 #937D6C #C09F82 #2E454D #8F5F4A #353237
  • The Bonaventure Pine (1893): #E5E2E1 #C5C3D0 #090E24 #081544 #10275D #436369
  • Rouen (1920): #8E7776 #614E4E #33262C #866252 #70473D #171117
  • Canal of Overschie (1906): #DDDBD6 #ABB5B6 #779FAD #B4D3D8 #449EB7 #829683
  • Venice, Santa Maria della Salute (1904): #C5C8C1 #9AA1A0 #6E787E #A58F79 #464B51 #866E5B
  • Voiles dans la Brume. Canal de la Giudecca (1904): #D5E1E2 #A8C9D5 #AAB0BB #77A9BC #DAB7BE #F1E4D1
  • Place des Lices, St. Tropez (1893): #6D8BA3 #CCAD85 #466F65 #887F95 #B2B0AE #436283

The Palette

The Works

How the palette changed

Chromatic Comparison

0 artists selected
Copied!