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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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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Renoir's palette is the warmest among the Impressionists — pinks, peaches, and warm whites that make skin luminous. He famously mixed his colors on the canvas rather than the palette.

Palette: #B39E85 #866748 #5D4128 #687983 #B18452 #913B1F #7A2C1E #20253D

  • Le Déjeuner des Canotiers: #B6A799 #B6856B #867969 #363128 #1B2326 #605C50
  • Seated Algerian Woman (1882): #D69D50 #9E8755 #7C765E #DBB970 #B38845 #BD7027
  • The Umbrellas (ca. 1881-86): #63747F #485762 #ABAAA7 #2E4D6C #B6967B #847566
  • The Apple Seller (ca. 1890): #40616C #73777A #1F404C #595052 #9F8278 #46332F
  • Young Woman Arranging Her Earring (1905): #908072 #3F453E #845741 #9E735E #664431 #736455
  • Bathers Playing with a Crab (ca. 1897): #8B765D #86908E #5D5740 #616E6C #B6A591 #75563B
  • Roses in a Vase (ca. 1890): #5D4B2A #502B1F #23241D #403F26 #90794E #493420
  • Albert Cahen D'Anvers (1881): #232336 #0C0711 #130F22 #475251 #273F4D #BBA590
  • Nach Dem Bade (1876): #C6BCA4 #A3987B #787D63 #8C804A #856248 #5E6047
  • Gabrielle and the Artist's Son, Jean (1895-96): #956E4D #A7977E #59593A #DBCFBB #715533 #574230
  • A Girl with a Watering Can (1876): #547762 #C2B795 #517346 #688493 #A5A694 #203E60
  • Fernand Alphen Enfant (1880): #742D23 #22222A #612520 #E1D3B5 #2E1F1F #482B26
  • Grand Nu (1907): #A59175 #605330 #87724A #3B3820 #583E1F #2B2617
  • A Woman Nursing a Child (1894): #514822 #C7C0B0 #876E38 #B29B72 #7F837B #27211D
  • Adèle Besson (1918): #9C9E9B #726753 #898378 #735D21 #5A431A #121412
  • La Tasse de Chocolat: #ADADB5 #846857 #83848C #5D3C2B #5A6982 #434B62
  • Luncheon of the Boating Party: #82513B #5C3627 #8C663B #38281E #4D3E2F #8C3F28
  • アルジェリア風のパリの女たち(ハーレム) (1872): #5B462A #8D713F #3E2D20 #704D23 #262522 #BFA16E
  • Road at Wargemont (1879): #DCCDCF #A6AA94 #718564 #796459 #4B6549 #7F7A28
  • La Natte (1887): #C38B69 #080C0B #24130F #924E31 #976E47 #5A2F22
  • La Natte the Braid (c. 1): #BB9C7F #212421 #3C2D26 #967153 #4C5A3F #5E4236
  • Two Sisters (on the Terrace) (1881): #5A6054 #868772 #677B80 #0D2B48 #9E8B5F #68673B
  • Woman by Spring (1914): #CEA897 #9A7963 #D2C8C9 #69645D #A2999E #B6915C
  • 帽子の女 (1891): #9D938A #7B6C5F #9A7A51 #724D1B #65646F #906A22
  • Dame mit Fächer (1908): #BC9E76 #7C6C5A #825A3E #832C1B #55241B #5F5556
  • Mädchen mit Mandoline (1918): #8C6D51 #B59E87 #7D4622 #6E5F53 #61422C #48362B
  • Portrait of Mme. Paulin: #262122 #8D5954 #6B4A48 #464349 #493834 #D4C3C8
  • Woman in a Flowered Hat (1889): #AB9C9A #494431 #8A7670 #262521 #6D5C43 #8E3223
  • On the Terrasse (1881): #AE9D86 #C3BFB9 #7C877B #7C6F4B #05090E #4A5034
  • Bouquet de Roses dans UN Vase: #555C5A #C5BAB1 #88775E #A95D58 #292C33 #69563E
  • Femme Nue au Canapé: #B9AB8F #D3CABB #A38F6A #848E7A #5A6855 #B79A54
  • La Coiffure (1896): #BD9E8F #998085 #305A86 #6485A1 #272942 #6F6480
  • Gabrielle and Jean: #4F3D3C #7F1D1E #AA9084 #371418 #D3B596 #836D5A
  • Head of a Young Woman (1902): #C0B28B #8F8266 #9E7D45 #3C3024 #665740 #150E0B
  • Madame Hagen (before 1883): #CFC098 #829167 #947B57 #B49662 #845D33 #7F3D1F
  • Still Life with Apples and Pears (before 1903): #5D1E12 #C28832 #7E2A14 #7E3E21 #401210 #B7977F
  • Still Life with Pomegranates: #90501D #613623 #B08858 #845638 #CCB17A #6B1E12
  • The Little Reader: #833E1C #A42B14 #CAA577 #9B6B44 #5E2415 #AF5722
  • Crosdecagnes-Bristol: #BABDBA #A2A09A #7F94A8 #8B7B66 #B4A489 #82817D
  • Чашка шоколада (1878): #1E0F16 #9C7456 #BC9E8A #86716A #9D4B40 #39151B
  • Young Ladies Playing Badminton (1885): #85804A #DFDAE4 #6E755E #C5A177 #D9B669 #D9942A
  • A Young Girl with Daisies (1889): #696456 #65492E #A58F76 #4F311F #856047 #4B4231
  • Jugend Nr. 31 (1914): #181411 #2C1C13 #B0763D #983623 #35140E #DECAB7

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