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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.

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Raphael

Raphael harmonized color with classical grace. His Madonnas glow in balanced compositions of ultramarine, vermilion, and gold — each hue perfectly weighted.

Palette: #CFAE85 #987C5B #4E3320 #755131 #B07A43 #985927 #8E2419 #B24231

  • The Holy Family (the Madonna del Velo; Madonna di Loreto) (16th century): #12110E #916847 #ADA284 #9C5630 #4B2510 #1E2B1A
  • Madonna of the Candelabra (ca. 1513 (Renaissance)): #785F3B #181206 #4F3B20 #A28760 #35260E #C7AF8D
  • Madonna and Child (ca. 1515): #2B2521 #A58360 #5D422C #3D4545 #A3443D #876143
  • En Hellig Familie (1599): #1E1C1A #352C21 #44211C #B99B78 #61291F #9B7857
  • Joosefin Uni: #352116 #3B3027 #502B13 #C0B29B #857A63 #231D1B
  • Raiul / Grădina Edenului: #49412F #ABAAA8 #6C5C3C #927B4F #292319 #877E67
  • Intrusion on Study or the Painter Disturbed (30 N): #E8DBD0 #9F9183 #C5B8AA #706256 #55473D
  • Portrait of Bindo Altoviti: #24241C #212D14 #3B5766 #0E0E0F #314017 #684722
  • The Alba Madonna: #A2CBDF #755B36 #2A4043 #E1B8A0 #6BA3B7 #427483
  • Portrait of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (1506): #0B0609 #3A2917 #1E1410 #694D26 #DDDCD4 #D29F5F
  • God the Father Blessing Among the Angels (1514): #95877B #845D39 #5A3017 #A9896B #6B5C4F #361E11
  • The Madonna and Child (the Mackintosh Madonna) (1509): #857D63 #605A46 #9C7239 #312B1F #12120E #74471B
  • Madonna del Passeggio (1516): #201F1A #554A2E #3B3428 #C4A46A #808A8F #736742
  • The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist (1513): #231A15 #432508 #362416 #53473E #224148 #56381C
  • The Holy Family (1518): #251F17 #141210 #403527 #605343 #897768 #31425F
  • The Judgement of Paris (1514): #3A2B24 #997E6E #634E44 #D7BBA2 #20130D #53382D
  • Portrait of Emilia Pia da Montefeltro (1504): #18231B #94854B #786129 #303427 #53451C #403719
  • Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola (1518): #2A251A #4A2E1E #E1D198 #6A4429 #C6AF70 #7F5E36
  • Portrait of a Man (1502): #050605 #6A9BAC #919175 #BACCD3 #4D241E #9C2825
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1515): #5A5348 #B7A191 #947664 #3A322A #7D604C #27221F
  • Portrait of Lorenzo di Medici, Duke of Urbino (1517): #4F2E29 #231E19 #3E4123 #988579 #85643C #7A4849
  • Portrait of Cardinal Bibbiena (1516): #25241D #AB4231 #851E18 #D6CAB3 #A69B86 #3B1715
  • Saint John the Baptist as a Boy (1518): #231813 #392616 #160C09 #836137 #AD8652 #5C4326
  • Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (1516): #423C2C #615138 #8C6E46 #312F27 #D7B386 #584A21
  • Saint Margaret and the Dragon (1518): #0B0B05 #6D511E #201707 #31240A #42300E #B9D3DF
  • Angel (1500): #C79569 #3F382B #764B33 #9C3A2B #4C2F1E #272017
  • Angel Holding a Phylactery (1500): #2B231E #BF7853 #63372E #544338 #DFA875 #E9D0A5
  • Apollo and Marsyas (1508): #CDB99E #664B3C #88654D #AB8E72 #472D22 #F0E9D6
  • Apparition of God to Noah (1511): #938E78 #C2A17E #644831 #BBB4A0 #E1D0BA #977352
  • Charity (1507): #312923 #EFD0AB #D5AC75 #A78657 #1B1413 #434137
  • Christ's Charge to Peter (1515): #B4AB9A #525044 #2C3031 #657676 #7F7864 #372D25
  • God the Father and the Virgin Mary (1500): #352C23 #993A32 #594E3F #18130E #895D3F #9198AD
  • Philosophy (1508): #4E3425 #AE957D #DBC5AA #93765E #76553E #615444
  • Faith (1507): #1C261E #4E5445 #EBD6A8 #09110A #B39360 #DBB675
  • Judgement of Solomon (1508): #734636 #BD8E6F #986549 #A08E88 #4D2C24 #74655D
  • Justice (1508): #44302A #CFBA9A #A38A72 #684F43 #826756 #261610
  • Bridgewater Madonna (1507): #0C0C0C #9A764E #BAA371 #D9CDA3 #795436 #2D323B
  • Von der Ropp Madonna (1520): #15120D #79542D #CDB57B #A68549 #7E9D9C #2C2C25
  • Madonna of the Baldacchino (1520): #7D5F31 #553B1C #241E13 #392813 #AD8D56 #CDB383
  • Madonna of Divine Love (1516): #272622 #9B6645 #E8AA87 #524536 #3D3D3C #819AC7
  • The Death of Ananias (1515): #1F1E1E #A98D65 #AB9C8E #3E3A34 #8C6641 #3F271E
  • Poetry (1508): #BB9B86 #1F1211 #5B3D31 #8B735F #7F5B47 #E7D5C0
  • Saint John the Baptist Preaching (1505): #7A7D48 #424C2C #A2BFC8 #213121 #D6BEA2 #6D7E72
  • St Paul Preaching at Athens (1515): #494435 #B7B08B #2C2923 #878161 #5D3F2A #B28B5C
  • Astronomy (1508): #936649 #9D9281 #746B59 #CABBB1 #BC906F #6B3F28
  • The Conversion of the Proconsul (1515): #493D30 #9E6F49 #715F48 #D8BC98 #693F28 #958A6D
  • Burning Bush (1511): #9A9079 #CAC0AA #0D2F4D #75654F #686A65 #C5915B
  • Sacrifice of Isaac (1511): #C0B7A3 #6B5D4A #0C3866 #0A2B48 #8C968F #988872
  • Jacob's Dream of the Ladder to Heaven (1511): #C3BBAA #9D9380 #7B664D #0A3154 #5B5449 #77766E
  • Hope (1507): #292A1A #967E5C #474532 #E0C38E #131708 #F1E4C0
  • Theology (1508): #44352D #D0BDA8 #61362A #9E846C #2E221D #5C5447
  • Abraham and the Three Men (1518): #A5998A #7E6D5A #C5A988 #B8C4D8 #E0D8CE #504945
  • Portrait of Pope Julius II (1511): #19521D #5A1918 #421914 #88847D #575349 #103613
  • The Agony in the Garden (1504): #76807A #7B5C31 #564736 #2F251C #4F3818 #33250F
  • Self Portrait (1520-1994): #232416 #0C100A #A57940 #1A1D08 #644523 #47321B
  • Potiphar's Wife (1520): #3C2918 #5B4226 #8B7846 #70633D #271B10 #4E3013
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (1520): #33240F #462B0E #886B3D #633811 #BD802E #794916
  • The School of Athens (1520): #7E735D #201910 #5D503C #443727 #ACA293 #34200E
  • Madonna del Divino Amore (1520): #3E313A #D8C4BB #6E514C #554D55 #A3806C #492925
  • Baldassare Castiglione (1520): #342E23 #22221A #594732 #B48C58 #D4C8A4
  • Bindo Altoviti (1520-1845): #1C150D #442915 #6B4020 #956231 #0A0502
  • Jupiter and Juno (1520): #384031 #212118 #5F664D #171810 #3F311C #542412
  • Virgin and Child (1520): #21221E #372B1F #9B6F38 #71502B #4D371E #652F1F
  • Elymas (1520-1845): #353231 #544D45 #784D41 #7D7769 #1D1D1E #A77B66
  • The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1520-1845): #D0B890 #4C3C2D #754F34 #A8946F #7A6C51 #332A24
  • Madonna and Child (1520): #0E0F0A #9C9E7C #C3BB8A #CD8933 #E1B056 #B46A20
  • Virgin and Child with John the Baptist (1520): #2C241B #8C6143 #5C3B23 #32342F #4B3726 #BF916B
  • Madonna of the Rose (1520): #181612 #432E1E #967649 #080A08 #BCA16D #2C1811
  • The Holy Family of Francis I (1520): #2C292A #3D3E41 #443029 #BB8A63 #573726 #654E44
  • Sistine Madonna (1520): #714F30 #3A3733 #544133 #99773F #8C4327 #905C34
  • The Triumph of Galatea (1520): #978473 #B57735 #67594A #824A0C #693106 #1F170C
  • The Transfiguration (1520): #403A2A #5D5035 #2A2619 #7B4E2A #523218 #7B7348
  • Cupid and the Three Graces (1517): #5C4F35 #D6AF87 #C3C0B8 #373222 #ADC1DA #191B10
  • Mary Magdalene (1505): #171812 #EEC385 #352719 #C6915C #7E5530 #52371F
  • Angel from Baronci Altarpiece (2016): #C89B7D #9C6E4F #7F4F37 #BB4044 #B09D8D #52443B
  • The Marriage of the Virgin (1504): #AA8B5D #28211C #A0A6B6 #4D3828 #7D5E39 #413E43
  • Madonna del Granduca (1520): #1A120D #CCA773 #202C2D #936D3F #3C301A #233F47
  • Madonna Dell'impannata (1513): #1C1F1F #DCCAB8 #CD9B79 #2F332D #54504A #6B7D83
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1507): #718891 #6F5F36 #1D181D #3F424A #9BB1B0 #C3AB79
  • Madonna della Tenda (1513): #BF8A70 #815740 #17120D #C8594E #2F3814 #90241F
  • La Donna Gravida (1505): #100A09 #814534 #EFD1B1 #421F1A #982E25 #7D271E
  • Esterhazy Madonna (1508): #684523 #B9A483 #281B0E #92714B #527A9C #17395C
  • Saint Margaret (1518): #332D22 #604731 #221D15 #91613E #B58A53 #CEBE89
  • La Belle Jardinière (1500): #AABACA #523F21 #907146 #DBBE99 #362917 #7593BE
  • Saint Sebastian (1501): #ADABA0 #BC2323 #3D2F22 #E6B88A #181A11 #892322
  • Young Woman with Unicorn (1505): #627D7B #9E8366 #593A22 #87663E #72583D #36686D
  • Transfiguration (1518): #120C05 #EAE1CC #5F6572 #E4C493 #D1A55F #969696
  • Madonna of the Goldfinch (1505): #554A20 #C6A25F #151A18 #856D36 #352D13 #7C947F
  • Three Graces (1500): #E8CB8C #63410A #799286 #CFA954 #886413 #A78327
  • La Fornarina (1519): #1C1713 #CBB19E #A6816C #7F5948 #37211A #513327
  • Madonna Diotallevi (1502): #688D92 #3B372E #D4A970 #3F4549 #A36F3C #4D696D
  • Colonna Madonna (1500): #7B9C86 #BDA66C #DACD99 #B7C7A8 #A07249 #2C2D1C
  • Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami, Called Fedra (1510): #A81F12 #070204 #8C1214 #721213 #D58759 #511410
  • Perla di Modena (1518): #0D0A17 #4E412E #877457 #221B1F #B7A378 #DCC894
  • Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant St. John (1517): #1C1B1C #3B322B #AC8B71 #614A38 #D8E4E7 #7BA5D1
  • Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1515): #A38E67 #3D3529 #1D1C18 #614F3B #7A664A #DCB78A
  • The Dream of a Knight (1504): #727058 #6F8191 #595035 #494C3F #363225 #A69B91
  • Self-Portrait (1505): #0B090B #5D371D #1F1814 #DBAF79 #412A1A #322217
  • St. Michael Vanquishing Satan (1518): #332A1F #56402A #575B56 #1F1D17 #7F5B36 #92886E
  • Mond Crucifixion (1502): #281E14 #8494A6 #4C5E7A #D4B37F #9B7E3F #504220
  • Solly Madonna (1520): #E4D7A3 #D8DFC7 #C9B26E #ACC2A9 #685728 #9E8444
  • Resurrection of Christ (1500): #90D2BB #4F797A #E5BA6E #CE9747 #647636 #9E7532
  • Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan (1504): #484743 #6D6B5E #2A2D36 #969DA6 #7B5F4A #A69171
  • Madonna of Loreto (1509): #170B07 #D5C7BD #BB906E #981319 #4E2D12 #401309
  • Portrait of Pietro Bembo (1504): #1D0D09 #6A837D #3C5958 #712309 #521105 #AB773A
  • Madonna del Prato (1505): #6F542D #9FB9BA #1F3C51 #4F381D #BEA080 #D3D9D0
  • Visitation (1517): #6F6049 #2C2627 #483933 #84949D #A4603A #DACFA2
  • Holy Family of Francis I (1518): #232D37 #3F3E3F #48352C #806252 #A88B78 #CCB8A9
  • The Deposition (1507): #080507 #806A35 #5E5232 #D9B669 #F3D598 #5A2E1B
  • Garvagh Madonna (1500): #6B4828 #331F12 #73828E #BE9473 #515448 #A36A51
  • Portrait of Agnolo Doni (1500): #1C161A #B7B0A9 #A6161D #868A96 #AF693E #78030F
  • Portrait of Bindo Altoviti (1515): #2A271D #333E20 #151410 #3C4D5A #25301D #21323C
  • Saint George and the Dragon (1500): #949273 #655C2E #5F5A49 #2A2B32 #E5DFCF #9BB3D9
  • Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano (1516): #0E272D #2B433A #D7B39C #3B352E #B48265 #7F614B
  • Tempi Madonna (1508): #0D0E0B #8C6E61 #6E97A5 #594434 #4D6C77 #AC9E94
  • Portrait of a Cardinal (1510): #8E3C1B #1F2611 #45140B #131C0F #6E200C #2D150C
  • Small Cowper Madonna (1505): #91ADB1 #C69A73 #234448 #735A31 #6F161D #93312C
  • Portrait of Maddalena Doni (1505): #B7BEC2 #C0A894 #3A3D6C #7586AA #A17861 #655442
  • Niccolini-Cowper Madonna (1511): #A4875A #151411 #4C7275 #E6DAB7 #624D28 #D0BB8C
  • Portrait of Perugino (1504): #2E2B29 #7B685B #B78A67 #49403B #62544C #D4CAC7
  • Madonna of Foligno (2015): #B98B3C #B2A8A4 #7C7172 #190E08 #4F2C0A #8F5B1B
  • Portrait of Leo X (1518): #060B16 #B02C26 #511816 #1F1012 #79241C #B7A897
  • Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga (1504): #120E09 #DABB7B #A2AE91 #906D38 #547576 #402A16
  • Madonna and Child with the Book (1503): #0E120F #E6A462 #7A7266 #332620 #804E35 #C47A47
  • Madonna with Beardless Saint Joseph (1506): #151015 #52372F #CA8F6A #2F2424 #8D5C44 #DDB7A3
  • Madonna with the Fish (1513): #6D4F35 #191B18 #A98464 #244127 #413426 #243324
  • Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1509): #0C090D #EC6949 #D34027 #A8180F #AAA493 #6A070A
  • Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary (1515): #332C28 #544936 #1E1A1F #8F9786 #826D49 #B79773
  • Ansidei Madonna (1505): #9A704D #ABB0A9 #575447 #756149 #C6A881 #92866F
  • Canigiani Holy Family (1505): #1A1915 #5B7989 #B79B7C #7A4D30 #2E1B13 #535953
  • Portrait of a Young Man with an Apple (1520): #813A11 #A6A5B0 #B62C11 #921105 #130605 #F1C999
  • Portrait of a Young Woman (1519): #28493F #1A1E2C #1E3335 #E7D3BB #89644D #D1B198
  • Madonna and Child (the Conestabile Madonna) (1504): #36323A #4D4133 #6E8790 #221511 #4F5D69 #E7CC90
  • Portrait of a Young Woman (1507): #392724 #614134 #E0BD97 #AF8468 #4C2922 #8F5040
  • La Velata (1513): #2F1D0D #BD9C7B #1A0B03 #937A58 #725838 #553D22
  • The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia (1520-2012): #2B221B #525D6B #60482F #321D10 #937A5E #815222
  • Christ Blessing (1505): #E4C090 #7E5B34 #606B71 #C29C67 #959FA5 #110603
  • Ezekiel's Vision (1518): #231D17 #646B6D #D3BF91 #674F39 #C7A162 #A59D8D
  • Madonna of the Pinks (1506): #141310 #B5A484 #907951 #3B3222 #564827 #5D727F
  • The Holy Family with a Lamb (1507): #3E3328 #25272F #4A5B62 #5F4F38 #836C4C #A58B68
  • Madonna D'Orleans (1506): #241811 #C1A682 #AF8058 #7F5622 #253248 #98703B
  • Saint Anthony of Padua (1502): #1F334E #A98E81 #F2BD9D #141E36 #2C3442 #785F4F
  • Saint Francis of Assisi (1502): #0D1B32 #D5B295 #070C1F #8F765C #233547 #CA7D61
  • The Procession to Calvary (1504): #806429 #6E8DB1 #3F201E #D4C39B #513C1B #1D2135
  • Lamentation Over the Dead Christ (1503): #98884D #B2BBB7 #735F2D #2F3E4C #788073 #4F4423
  • Monteluce Madonna (1525): #543B2B #9E734D #7B4B2F #94572F #F4F0D7 #A09483
  • St. Eusebius Resurrecting Three People (1502): #0C0D0F #D6E5E3 #AF804A #2D1212 #431F1B #652C21
  • St. Jerome Punishing the Heretic Sabinian (1500): #341E0B #C4BFA7 #4B3E25 #725F3D #AC5024 #190E08
  • The Holy Family with Saint John: #342C1D #1E1D16 #4B3720 #5C5030 #8C6833 #572315
  • The Blinding of Elymas (1805): #36322B #5C4E3C #847359 #3E3123 #201D15 #9F8D72
  • Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami (1510): #783E2B #171310 #9D8055 #462C1E #735732 #5A2F20
  • Venus and Jupiter (1517): #58534B #ABB3C8 #867B74 #2C2E2E #BCA9A4 #C38F73
  • The Annunciation (1502): #704F3C #1A1713 #42332C #DD825B #A77A5C #5D5555
  • The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist (1520): #171713 #9BB0AB #5A3219 #618F88 #D3E2DC #461C0C
  • The Virgin and Child with Saint John (1520-1869): #168A91 #0A0C07 #ECD2B8 #76B1AA #3A1D0C #522B12
  • Galatea (1520): #463B2A #4B3214 #623209 #A46736 #221A0E #73644C
  • School of Athens (1520): #AF8A43 #402405 #613909 #875A19 #531E04 #B3621F
  • The Madonna and Child with a Goldfinch (1520-1865): #0C1211 #D7A081 #9E6A4C #F1CDBC #253625 #5C1C10
  • The Virgin and Child (1520): #393325 #1F1F19 #5F482B #5B2F1E #40291C #855F36
  • Venus (1520): #CAB387 #394134 #A68A64 #594031 #292620 #886B4D
  • Madonna and Child, Madonna del Granduca (1520): #1E1F1E #0D0E0D #8F6F39 #5A3F25 #382917 #BA9D60
  • The Virgin of the Palm Tree (1520): #1B1A16 #342415 #A47128 #CEAD6F #969067 #74704F
  • Christ's Charge to St Peter (1520-1845): #3A3232 #DACBCB #807167 #534641 #A67662 #221F23
  • Sts Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (1520-1845): #2E2C2F #766F66 #4A4543 #A8998A #573A35 #362422

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