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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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Sandro Botticelli

Botticelli's palette glows with tempera luminosity — pale flesh tones, flowing golden hair, and jewel-like drapery in rose, blue, and green against mythological landscapes.

Palette: #795C3E #AA9068 #683E23 #AC7C44 #E0D9C7 #8A5125 #87281D #61120F

  • The Last Communion of Saint Jerome (early 1490s): #342D20 #887252 #54432D #B8AC8F #7B4724 #B38167
  • Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (ca. 1970): #ABB0A5 #876A46 #56717A #D8D6D1 #606057 #58392C
  • Portrait of a Lady Known as Smeralda Bandinelli (1470-1480): #C5B7A5 #070406 #82766E #693D28 #AA8A78 #403835
  • Judith Met Het Hoofd van Holofernes (1497): #191814 #571F1B #64482F #37261B #363024 #3C1817
  • St. John the Baptist (1485-1489 (Renaissance)): #575542 #C1A862 #7E1304 #3E2F0D #670905 #D7D9B6
  • Madonna and Child (ca. 1510): #12130C #BEB49E #473C2A #918263 #6B5D3F #2A2F13
  • Primavera: #131113 #C6AC8B #2C2422 #9C7451 #754F36 #6E625B
  • Annunciation: #57300B #A7AC93 #231C1A #594D39 #3F281D #633A29
  • La Nascita di Venere (Botticelli): #34372D #8D8867 #749F88 #AEC9AE #D1C493 #66583F
  • Der Schöne Schein (31 O): #242323 #6E543B #D3C2A4 #AF7F4A #A38E6F #A6C8D0
  • Portrait d'Un Jeune Homme: #A27719 #7989AD #080402 #D0A743 #73460A #603308
  • Noli Me Tangere (c. 1): #974933 #201B0D #7F8977 #4E3020 #B67751 #774229
  • Madonna and Child (1470): #1F2423 #6C6959 #826543 #101212 #B89E71 #3A3931
  • Virgin and Child with Two Angels (1954): #2E200C #1C1204 #8A683E #363934 #AC8F6A #787F85
  • Virgin and Child with an Angel (1954): #827155 #634F30 #2A261F #C0BCA4 #203E45 #425D61
  • Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist (1500): #AEAAA0 #251B19 #35557D #A68B69 #544845 #7D7671
  • Portrait of a Young Man, Possibly Giuliano de' Medici (1467): #9F604A #728788 #A8AD9E #42382A #7C382F #80703C
  • Portrait of Lorenzo de' Lorenzi (1492): #E7331E #375D4A #181A17 #81704B #DED1A9 #BC231A
  • The Virgin and the Child in a Niche (1477): #4B433C #C9A461 #72675F #92867E #ECD9A2 #8E7C52
  • The Virgin and the Child with the Crown of Thorns and Three Nails (2024): #555145 #141212 #A77B42 #291D0B #CDAC7C #774518
  • Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels (1477): #756039 #5B513B #58431D #372F20 #9E8763 #181813
  • Adoration of the Kings (1470): #795D52 #B57E6A #392827 #533E39 #918479 #CEB39E
  • An Allegory (1520): #B6A891 #7D6537 #A78C60 #9CA39D #84785C #4A4223
  • Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist (2014): #242323 #57462C #806943 #A6A698 #7D796A #A68966
  • The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child (1485): #2D3A4F #2D2A21 #987F55 #4B4230 #4A575A #68583C
  • Saint John the Baptist: #2B1E18 #4A3B22 #969684 #371910 #392816 #705D37
  • St Dominic (1501): #180F0F #796E49 #4E4E13 #493C20 #826E1E #DDD3B6
  • The Virgin and Saint John the Baptist Adoring the Infant Christ (1536): #292D28 #484031 #7F6B4F #929079 #3F2F22 #5C462D
  • The Adoration of the Christ Child (1974): #060405 #7B6024 #302B11 #9B7D50 #715C3E #623C0A
  • Portrait of Dante (1495): #C64235 #DDDACF #A90E20 #9C7C46 #1E1F11 #0A0E06
  • Annunciation (1495): #58300A #A7AB93 #5E513D #221A17 #1C3D42 #42281B
  • Portrait of Michael Tarchaniota Marullus (1497): #151515 #362D22 #83978A #BEB692 #996C39 #CAA168
  • Allegory of Abundance (1480): #2B2514 #4C4F3B #343622 #6E8C97 #7A7861 #A3917A
  • Virgin and Child with Two Angels (1468): #36313B #CAB897 #8B816F #544B48 #9B7A5D #6D5043
  • Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1470): #875C33 #362C1A #564326 #487DAC #7B6941 #BE9E68
  • Portrait of a Lady (with the Attributes of the Saint Catherine of Alexandria) (1475): #2F2911 #634521 #B17C37 #DCCAAF #85683A #47391B
  • Virgin and Child (1871): #A59C7D #635339 #887453 #62706D #44514F #7E7764
  • The Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (1497): #616A3E #BE9A5B #26406C #DABF91 #1F2E49 #814B2E
  • Venus (1487): #16110B #7C4C22 #CE9755 #AA7035 #EEC58B #2E2319
  • Madonna Adoring the Child with St. John the Baptist (1477): #650B15 #921323 #47050B #DAAD73 #B88A58 #E3CDA1
  • The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist (1490): #8D7450 #B4A486 #130C0B #543C25 #6F5438 #83552D
  • Esther at the Palace Gate (1475): #80622D #938452 #5D3E1A #B1C2AE #7F9B86 #B48848
  • The Triumph of Mordecai (1475): #957D50 #966227 #D0C29C #C8CDBE #443419 #8DA08B
  • Head of a Saint (1500): #1A1B1B #B6A264 #6E4715 #51371B #967032 #382C23
  • The Resurrected Christ (1480): #0A0D0F #B49B6C #493324 #8E7046 #7D3025 #2A1D17
  • The Descent of the Holy Ghost (1500): #8E896A #625739 #7C3F1E #0B2428 #343623 #4D2A14
  • Simonetta Vespucci as Maria Lactans (1500): #C29C63 #7D4C28 #84B5D4 #3C3F22 #9D6C3D #4B562C
  • Young Man Holding a Roundel (1480): #2B2A34 #151119 #87AAC0 #8B601F #BBA375 #472E0F
  • The Nativity (1483): #373227 #BBBCB9 #3D596A #574F42 #705736 #817464
  • Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci (1485): #1E1E1D #955233 #7D6756 #C3865B #A12922 #EEB070
  • The Virgin and Child (1943): #253D60 #625752 #272624 #895F3F #BFA78A #6D8A8D
  • The Man of Sorrows (1500): #131312 #3A2318 #A68251 #241A14 #5C381E #75231D
  • Man of Sorrows (1500): #1C1822 #54382E #B68754 #825E3F #E5B371 #444C4E
  • Adoration of the Magi (1500): #B27A4F #764D36 #090506 #A28164 #D5A872 #3A1912
  • The Flight Into Egypt (1510): #202223 #3D381D #74684A #AA915A #805210 #48473B
  • Deer and Monkeys on the Reverse of Judith with the Head of Holofernes: #A08B70 #5F6255 #CEC9BC #989998 #7E6040 #976B3B
  • Retable of Trebbio (1495): #202020 #3C2E24 #805C39 #83291C #6F261C #9E8C6F
  • The Trinity with Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint John the Baptist, the Archangel Raphael and Tobias (1487): #493B35 #282124 #0E0D17 #CFCFC8 #95856A #7C85A1
  • Virgin and Child with a Pomegranate (1510): #1A1E17 #C0C1A2 #6E572F #9DA89C #2F291A #948156
  • Fragment of a Cartoon of the 'Adoration of the Magi (1510): #9B7E63 #705843 #533E2D #C4A88E #3C2A1B
  • Virgin Mary with Child and Angels (1496): #543E28 #786044 #E5DED4 #2A241D #3E2713 #B9B0A1
  • Detail from Botticelli's 'Primavera (1510): #2C2F26 #745F4D #633C28 #473626 #1B1812 #4A584E
  • Two Fragments of a Cartoon of 'the Adoration of the Magi (1510): #A38264 #7C634E #5D4733 #443121 #322113 #C8AF97
  • Mystic Crucifixion (1497): #2B251D #987A4B #483C2E #7A836D #614B30 #C0B188
  • The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, Part Two (1483): #645443 #3D362D #111010 #23221F #EDE2D5 #92816D
  • The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, Part Three (1483): #474029 #77613B #BBA375 #8E9D81 #E7DAAD #544122
  • The Last Communion of Saint Jerome (1495): #2B2A26 #89785D #534631 #AAA89A #3F392F #785431
  • Madonna Bardi (1500): #67462A #A67D4E #42281A #9C382E #3B313E #D3B17B
  • Virgin of the Sea (1470): #0B0906 #241C15 #E8E6D3 #7E482F #BD945D #9E6C44
  • Madonna in Glory with Seraphim (1469): #6B4221 #DDD2CB #756E5A #D1B07E #8B6D48 #A98E66
  • Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Two Angels (1470): #100C12 #C5A674 #8B6640 #5D6B79 #908C87 #4A3429
  • Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist (1490): #0F0B0C #B57636 #E0A963 #4E4642 #86766B #86582F
  • Madonna of the Rose Garden (2022-2109): #CAB9A8 #BA853D #7A582E #8B5618 #6E3B08 #E2B768
  • Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici (1479): #440303 #201D14 #A0B29C #BEA563 #330605 #776344
  • The Birth of Venus (1485): #D7D3B8 #E3C896 #AEAF8E #C6A368 #49452F #997648
  • Primavera (1480): #110E11 #B08E6E #261F1E #DECBAD #614C3F #865A3D
  • Lamentation Over the Dead Christ (1490): #957A51 #15130E #3B2A17 #755532 #CDB181 #8E2429
  • Portrait of a Young Man (1470): #0C0A0D #781A10 #DCD5D7 #5D1610 #805527 #A4763B
  • Last Miracle and the Death of Saint Zenobius (1500): #6F613A #CCC397 #A28D5C #0A0805 #BE8845 #393018
  • Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder (1474): #C8C6BA #0B0C0C #95642B #512F13 #979993 #331F0C
  • The Mystical Nativity (1500): #332D1E #514425 #8A7E61 #866A36 #AEB2A6 #B1914C
  • Fortitude (1470): #322C2B #50362C #B72B2A #77725A #805D3F #BB4A46
  • Portrait of a Lady Known as Esmeralda Brandini (1470): #F9D37F #C27C18 #BE6341 #C09360 #684C34 #E9B57A
  • Saint Augustine in His Cell (1490): #36362F #1F1F18 #56574B #614D31 #797663 #9E957C
  • Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to Giovanna Degli Albizzi (1484): #C7B6A1 #35312F #C38763 #918174 #664035 #62554D
  • The Story of Virginia (1501): #695B3D #BBB08F #443D2B #232015 #412C12 #898062
  • Lamentation Over the Dead Christ with Saints (1490): #1F2E1E #3E462E #DFBF81 #6E6541 #9F8D5C #AD7B3F
  • The Story of Lucretia (1500): #837367 #4C4137 #5A3F27 #18120C #BAA99F #312921
  • The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, Part One (1483): #594634 #263025 #0A0A0B #494B3D #C9CBCB #746857
  • Portrait of a Young Man with a Red Cap (1484): #95281C #06110D #49210F #78170D #BB3D0C #A59022
  • Nativity (1473): #63491D #7B7359 #8B6F39 #4B4025 #080908 #C6C6C4
  • The Transfiguration, St Jerome and St Augustine (1500): #281F19 #3D301F #72623D #130B0A #9C8B53 #564220
  • Coronation of the Virgin (1488): #6D4E33 #A38063 #0B0A0A #3D1F19 #61251B #746F72
  • Calumny of Apelles (1497): #8F7F66 #070C13 #74562C #554A39 #8D98A6 #B07C46
  • Sant'ambrogio Altarpiece (1470): #0E0905 #54390F #6D4D17 #550D04 #8A6323 #711507
  • The Return of Judith to Bethulia (1470): #252413 #15160A #554E38 #A09A83 #74796C #3D2F15
  • Madonna and Child and Two Angels (1460): #C9B69D #5F4B3C #94784A #918375 #E8E0D9 #43547E
  • Madonna of the Book (1480): #181932 #332A27 #C79373 #E5E2ED #906041 #93B0F1
  • Venus and Mars (1485): #D0B99E #947F64 #AAA6A5 #463524 #767271 #DFDCD9
  • Saint Sebastian (1474): #C4C3CB #925E2B #B78E56 #C4AB85 #402113 #623418
  • Portrait of a Young Woman (1485): #2F261A #313628 #4B533D #819686 #A09C75 #CDC089
  • Holy Trinity (1492): #352A25 #604D3B #D1BC8F #130F13 #8B714E #898379
  • Pallas and the Centaur (1482): #4E402B #2C2A1E #382819 #7E6F52 #6E4E2B #E3DDC1
  • Cestello Annunciation (1489): #5B5E53 #2B2B24 #E27F49 #E0C59F #E1EAD6 #EE9F7C
  • Madonna della Loggia (1467): #1C1A20 #A1865F #6A533B #49362D #D2BB90 #322727
  • Baptism of Saint Zenobius (1500): #CBBEAB #94876D #454339 #7F542A #716956 #4F3616
  • The Last Moments of Saint Mary Magdalene (1491): #49292D #3B0E0F #804E4B #1D0814 #4F3A4A #5B5266
  • Ahasuerus Chooses Esther (1480): #93908A #D6B695 #B4734D #A68C6C #796346 #5F5D58
  • The Feast in the House of Simon (1491): #636355 #725542 #463C31 #2F2B27 #C8A96D #938471
  • Saint Mary Magdalene Listening to Christ Preach (1491): #39302D #AE9878 #5F5647 #7D5E49 #C44334 #9D6A4A
  • Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist (1505): #534222 #7C663D #302818 #9F8E6E #141217 #681C16
  • Madonna Delle Grazie (1470): #74655C #B59172 #DBC1A4 #A08E82 #8D684C #534338
  • Noli Me Tangere (1491): #954A32 #1F1B0C #4F2E1F #868F7F #BA7A54 #68361E
  • Agony in the Garden (1499): #432215 #23120E #B6A094 #A47E49 #463126 #6B492B
  • San Barnaba Altarpiece (1487): #9D7A60 #6E4D3A #472D22 #DCB893 #A3624E #6C3928
  • Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius (1500): #7B6F5B #BAAD93 #45433E #383019 #EAE1CB #873430
  • Queen Vashti Leaving the Royal Palace (1480): #BB8052 #733D27 #935C3A #C3A374 #8A7D61 #22130F
  • Idealized Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) (1482): #070706 #C1AE95 #62350D #80705D #884C17 #AF875F
  • Judgement of Paris (1486): #746836 #D7E9E6 #3F4235 #141412 #646756 #AC945A
  • The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes (1470): #0C080A #3D2815 #BD9768 #805927 #131933 #633B16
  • Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (1970): #8B775A #AFB3AB #4C342B #BBAB86 #606F79 #424F54
  • Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist (1500): #141A14 #AC7549 #745435 #D9AF87 #D9D4CC #A78E6F
  • The Outcast (1480): #A0725B #795342 #4B2F27 #C69A79 #614336 #321F1B
  • The Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist (1490): #101220 #AEC39C #6A8862 #D9D5AB #253740 #ADA175
  • The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, Part Four (1483): #3A2623 #E3DBD5 #5F4D46 #210F0C #8C7466 #542C25
  • Judit with the Head of Holofernes (1498): #1B1A15 #641F1D #533020 #2F281F #381A18 #855B3A
  • Madonna and Child with Five Angels (1470): #1E3B4A #8CA2A9 #C6A176 #977C37 #5B1610 #795A20
  • Three Scenes from the Story of Esther (1972): #B4A47D #857048 #5D4B2C #924E29 #5D5D51 #483116
  • Mary with the Child and Singing Angels (1478): #A3805B #C6B9B1 #7F5C3E #34261F #554B46 #857B75
  • Adoration of the Magi of Ca. (1470): #4A4028 #958F71 #685C3D #373B43 #332916 #B8C5B6
  • Madonna and Child with Two Angels (1500): #B58345 #7D7A76 #A78662 #E3B777 #F7E0AE #CCBBA3

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