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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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Rockwell Kent

Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager.

Palette: #6D7D86 #A3A79D #C6BA96 #202224 #A68452 #826C47 #CCB066 #25487D

  • Alaska Impression (1), By (1919): #99A6A0 #638290 #CCD29F #4F7181 #BCC4AA
  • Alaska Impression (2), By (1919): #B2AEA4 #63728F #CFCEB9 #3D5581 #8398B1 #7D8890
  • Alaska Impression (3), By (1919): #BCB695 #858F8A #999874 #466164 #244352 #3A576C
  • Alaska Impression (4), By (1919): #C9AA6B #A19278 #DEB959 #C3BD89 #7B7670 #AC9265
  • Alaskan Inlet, By (1919): #32353B #C1BD87 #73705C #3C5483 #979988 #83949E
  • America at Peace (Detail) (2016): #94B6B5 #5CA7B4 #1B90AD #B8BAA1 #9DA67E #034F84
  • Azopardo River Of (1922): #A3A0A2 #848AA1 #545C73 #737374 #534540 #3E4553
  • Down to the Sea: #E1DCE4 #463D38 #C7C6E4 #2E2A2B #81623F #2E417D
  • Child, By (1913): #0D304D #6C6C70 #61432F #857556 #949585 #22456C
  • Craigbeefin, By: #292214 #92AA97 #1F1613 #341F13 #464B52 #6A5F47
  • Killer Whales in Resurrection Bay, Alaska (Whales), By (1919): #C2B268 #8A9878 #64827B #968E84 #A8A269 #546364
  • North Wind, By (1919): #A5A6AC #B9785E #223673 #7F8C9C #1A2A4F #506DAB
  • Moonlight, Winter (ca. 1940): #314351 #252F3D #1A1B24 #465253 #72695B #141317
  • Shepherdess, By (1927): #CFC1B3 #A18D89 #9C7C42 #D3AD7D #27262B #353A3C
  • The Pier, Monhegan Island, Maine, By (1914): #6B6A61 #AEB1B0 #837150 #4E4D43 #62503A #5D5E39
  • The Trapper, By (1921): #3D98BD #B9B59E #225989 #BFC9D4 #E7E0C6 #3A78A7
  • Bennington, Vt (1919-20): #5E747C #C5AE82 #7B7B72 #A99270 #28404F #91744E
  • Bennington, Vt (ca. 1920): #627C87 #CB6C16 #9A9591 #CFB495 #2F1E31 #DE9844
  • Virgin Peaks, Tierra del Fuego, By (1922): #24241D #B3A684 #243529 #251514 #7DA383 #566C5C
  • Wilderness : a Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska: #A78C5A #8A6E3D #D1B06E #A67A37 #785826

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