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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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Paula Modersohn-Becker

Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German Expressionist painter and draftswoman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is noted for the many self-portraits, including nudes.

Palette: #784C32 #A3855F #D6B98B #923A27 #B25930 #AF793F #DF9F56 #D97940

  • Old Factory (1900): #BFC8AF #52502E #2D3524 #7B5232 #3C2C26 #9B9A88
  • Girl in Red Dress Standing Under a Sunflower (2021): #785E4C #A28E78 #80372D #4B4A3F #2F2B28 #A27B68
  • Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Paula Modersohn-Becker, die Bildhauerin Clara Rilke-Westhoff (2024): #4B4537 #DAC793 #B79C6D #DDAA5F #A77843 #93774E
  • Man Lying Beneath a Blossoming Tree (1903): #A5A8B1 #A08B64 #4D453F #6B6662 #8C8278 #8B6145
  • Adoration of the Magi (1907): #544540 #886047 #C1B097 #6C5041 #706867 #A28C6F
  • Die Märchendrude II (1901): #C9C3BF #444949 #343033 #A56C61 #6C7368 #574243
  • Sandkuhle am Weyerberg (1899): #927C5B #BBA067 #D3CFBE #726552 #5A5855 #B6AC93
  • Zwei Frauen im Garten mit Springbrunnen: #D0C7C9 #99775C #675A54 #453B3C #C19779 #6B4441
  • Kind mit Saugflasche: #98563A #714532 #D88F65 #603724 #73371F #52240E
  • Head of a Girl (1906): #5E4B33 #F3D5A4 #B38B54 #88663B #DDB47C #373224
  • Children in the Sun: #5A7E65 #CAAC77 #74593F #BA9984 #D8C4AA #9B7B46
  • Evening Musical Performance (Children Playing Music (1902): #3A3B37 #D6D0C8 #684734 #A67F58 #422E26 #6E3722
  • Still Life with Fish Bowl (ca. 1876-1907): #C1B9B1 #857C78 #794D2A #5A514D #983625 #AF9982
  • Still Life with Sunflower, Hollyhocks, and Dahlias (1907): #322D2D #A2836B #43494F #D1C0A4 #6D6159 #633E33
  • Stillleben mit Orangen, Bananen, Zitrone und Tomate (1906): #A9A6A6 #878484 #A15C2F #765332 #5C554E #8C462A
  • Stillleben mit Goldfischglas: #C6C0B9 #B2A494 #89847F #5B5554 #7D502B #993826
  • Stillleben mit Zitrone, Apfelsine und Tomate: #D2B86E #BDC6A8 #9C8B4C #F2CF32 #505339 #DBAF2D
  • Bauernkind auf Rotgewürfeltem Kissen: #7E5038 #B95247 #5D1C21 #573126 #902E2F #D3A37D
  • Der Barmherzige Samariter (1907): #2B231A #AD7641 #793A29 #D7A351 #899457 #58553A
  • Stehender Kinderakt mit Goldfischglas: #42453F #463929 #808C85 #2D2627 #977951 #5C7867
  • Kopf eines Kleinen Mädchens (Elsbeth): #7E5434 #312E1E #DC7E4C #998586 #5E5243 #513721
  • Mädchen im Garten Neben Glaskugel (Elsbeth): #62452A #555934 #454F44 #74706E #472E1B #433A25
  • Moorgraben: #180A04 #2D1D0C #ABB27E #3C3313 #464919 #828733
  • Portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke (1906): #A19A6B #F4B688 #8E673A #E88960 #E2D5B5 #7C704D
  • Selbstporträt (1906): #B56749 #203733 #D99957 #5990A7 #8B5C45 #D8834A
  • Stilleben mit Blattpflanze, Zitrone und Apfelsine: #B19468 #CEB48C #171816 #967044 #72251F #25513A
  • Stilleben mit Tonkrug (1907): #332E30 #3C261C #63341E #874725 #202945 #A0612E
  • Self-Portrait on Her 5th Wedding Anniversary (1906): #C2BE98 #D6B294 #BABBBA #B88F73 #A3A478 #9D745F
  • Uomo Sdraiato Sotto Un Albero in Fiore (1903): #533C29 #B1BAC5 #78624F #AF935F #1B100A #3C3B38
  • Stilleben mit Spiegeleiern (1905): #808170 #262621 #4E5143 #7A6946 #AAA99B #393C31

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