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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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Raoul Dufy

Dufy separated color from drawing — linear scaffolding floats freely over washes of intense blue, pink, and green. His Riviera blues are among the most recognizable in modern art.

Palette: #4B2A16 #784F23 #907652 #97ABBE #D2B366 #3B578D #AE3321 #AC8B45

  • Portrait of Fernand Fleuret (1938): #6D7FA9 #496096 #A0ABC7 #41475C #0C0C15 #222E4E
  • Street Decked with Flags (1906): #C9CDC5 #808D8E #495A63 #303E48 #AC432E #242B38
  • Opstilling (1923-27): #282714 #54522D #686022 #442911 #3F4B3D #1F3546
  • Landskab Ved Vence I Provence (1920-21): #646C49 #999977 #D8CDB6 #989BB9 #3D4A35 #657174
  • Trees in L'Estaque (1908): #616F63 #394741 #9F8A4F #796435 #1F2A2A #8C9488
  • La Fée Électricité (1937): #A1BAC3 #48565E #4F4B3A #83795F #DACE95 #D6C743
  • Corrida Course de Taureaux (1949): #333434 #595E63 #494E8C #1E1E1E #624A30 #9CA7B3
  • Landscape Near Vence in Provence (1920): #666E4B #A19F7D #E0D6BD #9A9DB8 #424E32 #647070
  • Opstilling (1925): #3D3B1D #202415 #5F5A27 #452B12 #404D41 #797130
  • Nu Rose (1930): #3086AF #C15760 #BE8874 #A26149 #551E17 #2D0805
  • L'Orchestre (1948): #7A4E1F #654827 #97592A #373431 #554735 #3C2C22
  • The Red Mosque (1909): #404745 #2A2A2D #65767F #3A5A40 #CBBA6D #677458
  • L'Estaque (1908): #DEB369 #6C8164 #C08025 #36644C #A2A681 #D29A48
  • The Artist's Studio (1935): #7AACDB #987A5E #80581A #E0E7E8 #C8AA69 #5080B5
  • Mozart (1943): #291D1C #8D8065 #957A3C #755C2C #B19A50 #C3B9B8
  • The Studio (ca. 1942): #744726 #D1AC65 #9C7343 #E0844A #471F10 #9DB0B4
  • Yachts in the Port of Deauville (Yachts dans le Port de Deauville) (1938): #AE7C3A #676E78 #865425 #896D57 #C2B394 #7386B0
  • Red Orchestra (1948): #D2C7A6 #B39284 #B56A60 #B13E2E #C93523 #863A27
  • Arlequin Vert et Blanc au Violon (1945): #393D39 #8A8E84 #515D56 #222321 #617587 #578360

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