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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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Sonia Delaunay

Delaunay made color the engine of abstraction. Her simultaneous contrasts — bold discs and arcs of primary and secondary hues — applied the science of color perception to painting, textiles, and design.

Palette: #675342 #456399 #8F4838 #9A7248 #BE5F2F #D09F20 #A8422F #DACC57

  • Etude de Lumière (Prismes Électriques) (1913): #DADADA #A0A5CA #BF8B31 #361A89 #9D5352 #50589E
  • Electric Prisms: #BD9778 #93563C #434833 #624334 #6E2E22 #893C2A
  • Composition Dancer: #574334 #725741 #392C21 #351D12 #492A19 #201D15
  • Simultaneous Dress (1914): #6E5943 #533E2A #2D2319 #5E2D1A #11110A #471F16
  • Portuguese Market (1915): #D8C2AA #706351 #996B4C #463B34 #964439 #693A31
  • Political Drama (1914): #E0D4C3 #DACC57 #1848A2 #7DC388 #57819A #D6B30F
  • Triptych (1963): #526B66 #5A6A93 #2D2B2C #E0DEDB #AA3F30 #A3A19D

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