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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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Roger de La Fresnaye

Roger de La Fresnaye was a French Cubist painter.

Palette: #484039 #827260 #744128 #B58D6F #8A6B44 #AB6651 #A2652B #CFAA5D

  • Nude (1910): #BD946B #483F48 #916C53 #644F4D #795442 #90807C
  • Artillery (1911): #433D39 #73654F #272322 #523F2B #5F5D5D #A99E87
  • The Shepherdess Marie Ressort as a Child: #5F6760 #8E818C #4C5A75 #BEA7A5 #7B5545 #686A3D
  • L'Entrée du Village: #5F5C68 #B3C4C5 #977E88 #755F5B #C58D58 #647150
  • Standing Nude: #8B8981 #65605E #BE977D #4C3F37 #946C57 #362F2F
  • Roumaine (1921): #63656D #A7ADAA #443F4D #D5726B #CE968D #E2BAA3
  • La Table Louis-Philippe (1922): #7D4928 #352C31 #948371 #A17353 #753B5A #573117
  • Yellow Tulips: #CBBEAD #B04E53 #8A4F54 #816775 #7A6C4A #623534
  • Conquest of the Air (1913): #999FBD #E0DDCD #737558 #937A43 #7D592C #303C3A
  • Georges de Miré (1910): #7B6C56 #413932 #27221F #623B23 #462A1D #181513
  • Kksr176 (1913): #E5DABA #AD7A51 #524F3C #1B71AE #CC983D #111715
  • The Canal, Brittany Landscape (1909): #A48D76 #504B49 #776F68 #2A2929 #969492 #694E36
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (2023): #2B2927 #635C58 #443E3A #917D69 #C7A96B #8A6A3A
  • Sitzender Mann (1914): #A3948E #3B2B3D #736772 #50467A #DFDAD0 #54424E
  • The Watering Can (Emblems: the Garden) (1913): #8EA4B9 #A09D8B #5D5D52 #736243 #597943 #272623
  • Roger de la Fresnaye (um 1): #DDCFC4 #AD8362 #16100B #674F44 #68452A #8A7469
  • Le Pont de Meulan (1911): #1E1C18 #B8986C #574230 #7D6D61 #654C23 #39332D
  • Marie Ressort: #4A4D37 #E0D5B3 #B8B196 #767159 #2B2C1F #AA8364
  • Married Life (la Vie Conjugale) (1913): #B1A386 #38332D #907C5F #5C4D3C #734225 #926334
  • The Fourteenth of July (1914): #DDDCD0 #AB5E5E #DEB009 #6B7372 #120F12 #AA410F
  • Il Canale, Paesaggio Bretobne (1909): #A47132 #B0987F #84705D #84501C #483F38 #6B4B32
  • Natura Morta con Tre Manici (1912): #29201B #564330 #916B3A #B09767 #6A481F #0C0A0A
  • Natura Morta con Tre Manici Without Frame (1912): #544130 #7D643E #2B231F #140F0F #4D2C20 #A89367
  • Sotto la Foresta (1910): #A79374 #2E261F #D1C1A5 #130D0B #695A34 #4B4630
  • Still Life with a Diabolo (1914): #B9A5A4 #A26B46 #684B4F #8D7679 #F1DDD7 #784B34
  • Village at the Water's Edge (1910): #DAC9B5 #A6947D #D7C390 #60584E #463D43 #7E735E

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