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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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Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement.

Palette: #C8BFA8 #BB9C72 #967E45 #6C422B #A66245 #C9933E #E0C37D #955420

  • American Discovery Viewed by Native Americans (1922): #2C2C1B #574231 #F8E9A6 #8D5840 #B7A773 #C65F44
  • Boy from Georgia, By (1928): #9C9A7E #6F4C32 #4D3B31 #55827D #B29A5C #79705D
  • Construction Workers, By (1923): #A59D7A #4A4034 #D6CAA8 #2D2F2D #68614A #424D4F
  • Title Qs:p1476,en:"thomas Hart Benton "Label Qs:len,"thomas Hart Benton: #1C180D #0C0C0B #B2AC8F #342C1C #EBE5C3 #796143
  • Martha's Vineyard, By (1925): #D5CBB4 #CAAD7C #1C1E1A #997C4C #9E9A82 #45412D
  • Martha's Vineyard (Beetlebung Corner), By (1920): #BAAC9C #816F62 #0F0906 #584639 #35261D #A08D7A
  • People of Chilmark (Figure Composition) (1920): #17120D #3B2513 #51341D #CDA878 #B18558 #714A2C
  • Self-Portrait with Rita (c. 1): #1A1D1F #EDD7AC #E6BB71 #D08D44 #A4BAB3 #BC986B
  • Portrait of Senator (1861): #1F1D18 #A07055 #CDA888 #D9C6A7 #7E462F #5F3A29
  • Achelous and Hercules (1947): #89836E #130902 #3E4040 #BD9F70 #AC8249 #4D2905
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd, By (1926): #988444 #6A381A #C5723C #668563 #D0A26B #72602E
  • The Sowers. Painted: #23192C #643A2E #3E2525 #DEC3AC #776165 #A68C86
  • The Station, By (1929): #D7CAA8 #352F25 #21201C #AD9F7A #A98449 #64573C
  • Poker Night (from a Streetcar Named Desire) (1946): #21221F #412925 #4D4E3D #213740 #6E4534 #8C5F44
  • Portrait of Senator: #46290C #BD873E #8E5A26 #67360F #170902 #361D04
  • Chilmark Landscape (1922): #798294 #9D9B97 #D4D2C4 #585C1F #817F36 #293016
  • House in Cubist Landscape: #C6BFA3 #56504E #95A289 #5369A3 #82666B #B25348
  • The Cliffs (1921): #070706 #90883A #8C6E2F #BAAA42 #313128 #26395A
  • Woman: #D4AB0D #B47016 #BEAB68 #507A34 #0A0706 #95B9C6
  • Home and Studio State Historic Site (2024): #9D6847 #422115 #804325 #626165 #26110B #BFB2A2
  • Wooden Support for Paintings in Mail (2024): #CFCEC6 #9A7149 #725033 #4F3622 #443E39 #A19F99
  • American Discovery Viewed by Native Americans: #3F3827 #634634 #F3E09B #FAF6C6 #EABD77 #AB7D55
  • Chilmark Landscape (1922): #7A8291 #636522 #D6D4C5 #A7A49E #95974F #3F4312
  • House in Cubist: #B0B698 #585451 #4A5F98 #CCBCB2 #85676B #B25349
  • The Cliffs (1921): #8B7632 #090807 #B8A944 #243355 #63633B #19173E
  • Bubbles: #C2A992 #61584A #988671 #332B2B #643B2D
  • Self-Portrait with Rita (1924): #171D20 #E6C387 #D6994D #AE6431 #EEDFB9 #AD926C
  • Poker Night (from a Streetcar Named Desire) (1948): #20221E #4D4D3D #3B2423 #D8C7A8 #5F3A2D #766F51

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