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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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Robert Henri

Robert Henri was an American painter and teacher.

Palette: #928065 #3A2516 #BB884F #562E18 #8F603F #753F1B #DFBC82 #A94821

  • Mother with Child (1906): #C9BCA1 #756C5F #A09480 #4C4742
  • Man, Woman, and Girl at Prayer in Church (1864): #AA9B81 #40392F #83745A #5B5242 #28201F #38211A
  • Salome (1870): #D1AE58 #8A683D #422E1C #291B12 #1B130D #B49767
  • The Sofa (ca. 1894-96): #A6865D #CCBAB6 #846E50 #9F9097 #383540 #BDA895
  • El Tango (1908): #190703 #B4A796 #0B0200 #8E7965 #6A543E #442C17
  • Cumulus Clouds, East River: #B49E56 #20120B #8A6033 #8C7D45 #0E0504 #E6CB73
  • Dutch Girl in White (1907): #0E0E0E #B8B199 #817D66 #A17F52 #292116 #573E24
  • Exhibition of Paintings (1908): #75664F #474133
  • Guide to Croaghan (Brian O'malley) (1913): #201F19 #57513D #393524 #3D5037 #AF7C50 #E3B882
  • Gypsy Girl with Flowers (1915): #27241C #C6BBB0 #AB8F87 #B28854 #BFA56B #210C16
  • Volendam (1910): #504F47 #B1BEC0 #9D9788 #7E776B #2E2D2B #7C5740
  • Jessica Penn in Black with White Plumes (1908): #37251D #2B1A12 #EFDAC6 #574640 #846653 #B19C8A
  • Portrait of Mrs. (1914): #D0B57D #90361B #C89D60 #9E7647 #4A2417 #5A4337
  • Portrait of a Woman (Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney?), By (1911): #114F41 #A86024 #6FB292 #29282C #644332 #7A462E
  • Volendams Straattafereel (1910): #34311E #C2B678 #52452A #A7874E #754820 #816A3F
  • Dutch Girl (1910): #2A1C0B #3B290F #693E0E #C48B5B #513717 #957558
  • Edna Smith in a Japanese Wrap: #161812 #090B0A #CEC399 #B7A278 #93825F #67321F
  • Old Johnnie's Wife (1913): #2C2721 #1C232E #C39C8A #172F4B #9B5D57 #734B45
  • Portrait of Alice Mumford (1893): #806747 #6D6C4D #A5987E #60503A #4A4337
  • Angolo di Via (1899): #422F1F #231C17 #A47142 #6C6460 #614529 #C89762
  • Donna Cinese (1914): #0F0F11 #E1CA56 #262E30 #C6A941 #3F2D18 #70522A
  • Edna Smith in Abito Giapponese, 1915 Ca (ca. 1915): #6C321D #1E1A19 #A35937 #E9BC9D #39150D #473028
  • La Madrileñita (1910): #20140D #D99E6D #7A3A1A #C2803F #9D5B2E #56200D
  • Patience Seria (1915): #12100E #474744 #1A2429 #50260F #6E6F67 #6C3B1C
  • Ragazza Indiana (Juanita) (1917): #BCACA7 #735140 #E4E2D6 #391611 #542219 #100907
  • The Spanish Gypsy (1912): #352318 #1E1512 #8C6644 #553023 #70442F #6F3628
  • Snow in New York (1902): #7B7156 #4A3A2F #B9AE89 #322824 #60533D #7E342B
  • The Laughing Boy (Jopie van Slouten) (1910): #13120F #8A8470 #545042 #CCA780 #030305 #2D2B26
  • The Irish Girl (1900): #3B2C11 #272410 #553816 #70471F #F9BA5B #D78338
  • Mata Moana (1920): #EFCD74 #D1A85C #6A2520 #412724 #B38B53 #29161C
  • The Masquerade Dress (1911): #4C4338 #DECC91 #22180B #342D1F #B8A973 #7E6D40
  • Mary Fanton Roberts (1917): #1F1F1F #443B29 #A1321E #332F2B #E1B082 #732E20
  • Salome (1909): #121011 #E5CB9C #2B221B #845E38 #AE8E58 #543C29
  • Young Woman in White (1904): #1C1A13 #CFC194 #6D6245 #9A9271 #3F3322 #CAA66E
  • Edith Reynolds (1908): #211F18 #302417 #CBA378 #9F7852 #6E4E33
  • Mr. George Cotton Smith (1908): #0B0B0A #292928 #BC9075 #483B33 #927560 #6E5849
  • Mrs. George Cotton Smith (1908): #101010 #2C2B28 #1F1E1B #D9AA88 #B38769 #846C55
  • Volendam Street Scene (1910): #3D3825 #BBB279 #958150 #674726 #5A533A #7A6139
  • Lady in Black with Spanish Scarf (O in Black with a Scarf) (1910): #171315 #0F121A #3A1F1A #AC8C60 #856144 #DAC085
  • La Madrilenita (1910): #0C0502 #E5B77F #DBA349 #A76B18 #854C08 #693A0A
  • Herself (1913): #31281E #361F0C #5A3C21 #AF7756 #1E0D05 #544431
  • Himself (1913): #120E08 #342D23 #563C1E #9F815F #745D42 #39240C
  • Portrait of Dorothy Wagstaff (1911): #070A09 #B1D5E9 #1E2728 #5F7F99 #E2E4D3 #1D0F09
  • Cumulus Clouds, East River (1901): #BBA55A #1D0F0A #948248 #8C5F31 #32170A #E8CF77
  • Blind Spanish Singer (1912): #8A7B51 #1F1911 #432A14 #4F4527 #C5BBA5 #674D22
  • Irish Girl (Mary O'donnel) (1913): #171018 #2F171C #840B25 #6C1124 #2A232A #C18467
  • Sidewalk Café (1899): #101105 #3C2F14 #271C0A #544421 #020700 #817357
  • Café Bleu, St. Cloud (1897): #1D1F1E #57593B #545C50 #878A78 #333C34 #C6B289
  • Stephen Greene (1924): #0B0A11 #0E111E #D5AC86 #0C1930 #E9E0D1 #243553
  • Girl Seated by the Sea (1893): #BDB5A0 #CEB787 #9A8756 #B4A159 #8F9594 #7E7D60
  • Ruth St. Denis in the Peacock Dance (1919): #0E0C10 #312C30 #211617 #101125 #2A3D68 #F8F1E8
  • Pepita (1917): #2E2E37 #5C565D #563638 #855C5D #D2A0A3 #C78A5D
  • Dutch Girl: #291B0B #38230C #BA8053 #683D0E #502B0C #876A4C
  • Nude (1911): #3E3428 #5E503C #C5B69C #88775F #A69479 #28201D
  • Edna Smith in a Japanese Wrap (1915): #0E110D #CFC297 #9A9270 #5A381C #39160F #6F644D
  • Old Johnnie's Wife (1913): #2C2923 #1C222A #CAA190 #172C45 #623332 #3A2121
  • Maria and Baby (1917): #232638 #8B121D #946149 #520305 #2D0202 #3C0302
  • Night on Boardwalk (1898): #120905 #2F1E11 #594430 #866E50 #3E1D0A #573213
  • Ballet Dancer (1901): #040106 #1C0F0C #6D5538 #3E2D1A #9A805B
  • Laughing Child (1907): #1E1F1E #463B31 #9E8B77 #CAAC92 #695F55 #AC7B5F
  • Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1916): #988E6F #3E2839 #AA8D5D #043B4B #1C2321 #384430
  • Mary with a Red Ribbon (1926): #110807 #755F3D #27180F #A9855C #3D2818 #4F3F29
  • Tam Gan (1914): #C4A988 #CBCED5 #AE866E #282525 #A9B0B9 #767D85
  • Betalo Rubino, Dramatic Dancer (1916): #16191A #6B853C #2A312B #3D2C1D #D5C383 #70735C
  • Cathedral Woods, Monhegan Island (1911): #25202A #3B3742 #201B19 #8E7940 #725F3B #514E3A
  • Calero (Antonio Baños) (1908): #181512 #372615 #7C6B49 #7C5C10 #634A0F #513516
  • Gregorita with the Santa Clara Bowl (1917): #C5BCA6 #0B0808 #467D9B #B0956A #9A927D #464D48
  • Spanish Girl of Madrid (Una Chula) (1908): #1A1B1E #5B2825 #3A201E #A89383 #8F3029 #BFBDAE
  • Indian Girl in White Blanket (1917): #D6D8B1 #241F19 #494534 #AEAF91 #716E59 #59391F
  • Patience Serious (1915): #3E5058 #343332 #2D646D #213646 #7699B0 #70797B
  • Portrait of Carl Gustav Waldeck (1896): #161615 #322417 #3E230D #764426 #552D13 #CAC59E
  • Dutch Girl Laughing (1907): #0D161A #432B0B #586967 #2E433C #613A14 #1D2E29
  • The Blue Kimono (1909): #362A0D #120E03 #524829 #4D2E05 #251B05 #693708
  • My Friend Brien (1913): #0B0902 #272A28 #3B392A #231D0E #431D06 #572508
  • Mildred Clarke von Kienbusch (1914): #36312A #1C1518 #37221E #C8AD91 #927959 #655757
  • George Luks (1920): #311A0E #1F140C #B88C6B #905F41 #643E28 #492F1E
  • John Sloan (1909): #322F2B #5A5647 #917354 #453D35 #5F4335
  • Head of a Woman (1896): #130C0A #3B2516 #26170E #C76E2A #9B5120 #EE913D
  • An Imaginative Boy (1915): #051632 #091220 #142851 #DCA271 #BC6239 #8B2D21
  • Monhegan Island, Maine (1911): #7C7D6C #B3B69C #534F33 #302F23 #7B6B4D #A28C68
  • Spanish Girl of Segovia (1912): #1D0804 #3B1506 #2C0B02 #6D350E #B88020 #974D16
  • El Tango (1908): #180603 #B3A797 #634C37 #8F7A66 #080200 #3D2511
  • Irish Lad (1913): #314A2F #4C4935 #2A2924 #37382C #BAA382 #997F64
  • The Fisherman's Son: Thomas Cafferty (1925): #4A3F2F #141718 #2C2923 #B7A587 #856434 #302213
  • East River Embankment, Winter (1900): #665B3E #4C4128 #8F826D #1E1711 #382E20 #B8AA95
  • Cottages, Achill Island, County Mayo (1913): #3A577E #695C54 #356371 #A6AFB2 #D1D6A4 #D2DCCE
  • George Wesley Bellows (1911): #1D1819 #100E11 #CAB09D #AA8C7B #826758 #584136
  • Portrait of Carl Sprinchorn (1910): #09060A #E5E3D9 #C4BBAD #C08362 #DEB391 #7B3F29
  • Bernardita (1922): #38322B #482F25 #AF6F3B #8A5B3D #C78A42 #5A5652
  • Woman in Manteau (1898): #130C0E #36271A #BEA871 #947742 #654A27
  • Laughing Girl (1910): #393534 #DCCAB4 #221E22 #5C4E44 #A58E76 #806E5B

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