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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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Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Taeuber-Arp unified applied and fine art through geometric color. Her compositions of circles, squares, and curves in balanced chromatic harmonies bridge craft and abstraction.

Palette: #E9E5DC #DEBA8B #CB6855 #13151E #982F19 #0A4B9E #DCB11F #A07E3B

  • Rising, Falling, Clingin, Flying' By (1934): #F6F8F5 #637174 #142023 #C4A619 #134477 #195338
  • Baselsophietaeuberarp: #DBDBD7 #99968E #746C5E #0A0D10 #3A4B4A #B2B1AD
  • Quadrangular Strokes Evoking and Framing: #F2E6D2 #413439 #BDA79C #7D7467 #BE5A52 #6D5353
  • Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1927): #C4AA8E #767D8B #B6B6BF #485261 #927D64 #091322
  • Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1927): #F7DEC5 #E6B897 #C7241E #B38172 #5E353E #8F3C1F
  • Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1927): #E7C390 #AE9F84 #C92F0C #6C627D #F8F4ED #E8C31F
  • Composition Horizontale-Verticale à Lignes Blanches: #BAB0B4 #A52F1C #E5DFDD #737CA5 #3F4976 #8C656C
  • Kompozycja. (1931): #D6D4CB #64757D #0041A0 #111E2D #980012 #546846
  • Composition Dada (1920): #181215 #7A3836 #532822 #D3BD92 #AD967B #5C6056
  • Komposition mit Diagonalen und Kreis (1916): #795157 #3A4045 #E06A60 #AA595E #EA8769 #5F4D55
  • Oval Composition with Abstract Motifs (1922): #9A2F20 #E6DCCC #E14909 #C17124 #D05443 #C5A693
  • Tappezzeria Dada, Composizione con Triangoli, Rettangoli e Parti di Anelli (before 1920): #897B46 #C6C5B0 #C7BB8A #72687B #AD9E6C #635522
  • Taeuber Arp Six Espaces a Quatre Petites Croix 1932 Oil Canvas (1932): #F9F9EF #004FA9 #EFBD00 #1E6D0A #C52912 #697761

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