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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 Bonnard

Bonnard's late paintings dissolve domestic interiors into fields of iridescent color — purples, oranges, and greens that seem to generate their own light.

Palette: #C7BDA2 #946948 #CEAD7B #161312 #DDC84F #913618 #B36E27 #CC8D4F

  • The Skaters (1947): #CD491E #EBE3D5 #0E0D13 #EED39B #3C484F #AD2D0C
  • Nude Standing Before a Screen (1906): #C4B7A3 #B89B84 #9C8B7F #7E5645 #9F775E #643E35
  • Horse Hair Glove (1942): #8C5E28 #93A7D6 #AC7C2A #625024 #C0A646 #BD9E1B
  • Selfportrait By (1889): #C8C5AC #C19C6B #A69875 #19152C #513528 #6C4D35
  • Poppies in a Vase (1926): #BAB7A7 #9A9B8B #7C7D69 #736B48 #50524A #9F4627
  • The Letter (1906): #0B0B0A #A79C7C #3D1F0A #9D7F4E #522D0E #C99A58
  • The Barge 'St. Tropez' in the Harbor of Cannes (1926): #A5AB84 #D7A980 #928C6B #9D461F #BCB578 #AE7848
  • The Seine at Vernon (1947): #9D9E78 #585D49 #7D826B #3B3D30 #696939 #858C4E
  • Self Portrait (1923): #D9D45B #D8D383 #E6E03C #B9AC7B #6D260F #743426
  • Train and Bardes (1909): #22322C #A4AE57 #8CA061 #D0BD56 #485843 #68764E
  • The Open Window (1921): #7592F0 #CE7B09 #94AAF0 #A7640E #DDDDD1 #CB4906
  • The Lesson (1926): #F1D8C2 #9B6160 #B6A3AB #EEAC55 #8C4135 #DE7F3B
  • The Brothers Bernheim-Jeune (1920): #12161D #A6653F #C08B59 #DDA857 #CF7F40 #ECC76B
  • Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1904): #414E48 #9C978B #646D64 #222B2B #CBA571 #816040
  • Ambroise Vollard (1904): #D3C8B3 #9D998E #62655E #3C423C #BBAB95 #8D785D
  • Nude in Bathtub (1941): #ABA2A4 #6185AF #B38C73 #798A94 #BDA094 #D5AE62
  • The Bathroom (1932): #A09996 #876C65 #A18056 #72431F #B87F7C #956C2F
  • Two Dogs in a Deserted Street (1894): #DEA983 #E3C6A3 #AA9881 #AF8560 #6E5B46 #4F4131
  • After the Shower (1914): #856345 #CFA97C #413222 #AB9F8F #24180C #71685B

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