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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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Sean Scully

Sean Scully is an Irish-born American-based artist working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His work is held in museum collections worldwide and he has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee.

Palette: #906D4C #69533E #C6A88A #4D3825 #0F0A08 #A86E15 #C68E5E #785124

  • Tonio (1984): #6D5D3F #B47719 #1F3C34 #2A2016 #783E14 #483F2F
  • A Happy Land (1987): #9B6305 #070908 #1E2420 #892221 #483B2A #76392A
  • Moor Shadow Stack (17 F): #927C5B #64523A #100C08 #4C3922 #322212 #C7AD86
  • Lwl-Kunst und Kultur-Sean Scully-Window Beneath-Cropped Dsc3337-2 (17 F): #110C0A #CFAF79 #886A49 #B1782D #460402 #4C2B08
  • Lwl-Kunst und Kultur-Sean Scully-Window Beneath Dsc3346 (17 F): #6A5544 #A57A58 #80573B #D69A62 #4E3925 #5A3411
  • Lwl-Kunst und Kultur-Sean Scully-Window Beneath Dsc3347 (17 F): #695445 #866549 #C68A55 #47362A #A47B5B #574026
  • Lwl-Kunst und Kultur-Sean Scully-Window Beneath Dsc3348 (17 F): #9A7C69 #BE8B64 #6A503F #9C733C #7F5E3E #C7A48C
  • Lwl-Kunst und Kultur-Sean Scully-Window Beneath Dsc3349 (17 F): #8A6646 #AD8769 #CDA98A #6C5340 #543B27 #332014
  • Lwl-Kunst und Kultur-Sean Scully-Window Beneath Dsc3350 (17 F): #764F24 #A37B5D #6E4C38 #372111 #4C301B #D4B196

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