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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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Titian

Titian revolutionized oil painting through translucent glazes that built color from within. His late work abandoned line entirely in favor of pure chromatic construction.

Palette: #79654A #241D14 #46331E #C9B28E #AB916D #9C5532 #704629 #73271A

  • Bacchus and Ariadne (1520): #382F1E #5D4027 #526A96 #241E11 #615A42 #8B9AA6
  • Venus and Adonis (1554): #382F20 #9D8E74 #5E4C33 #74818B #686659 #D4BFA6
  • Pesaro Madonna (1522): #3C3439 #232C41 #938172 #AFA495 #77A2C1 #B95D40
  • Sleeping Venus (1509): #AB9672 #D3BB90 #473A20 #745D38 #0B0502 #28230F
  • Pope Paul III and His Grandsons (1546): #21160D #CEA77B #411C0D #A36A43 #763A21 #372519
  • Madonna of the Rabbit (1530): #3D361F #2F281F #66523B #23344E #A08061 #4B5866
  • Lochis Madonna (ca. 1576): #130F11 #3E80CA #74A6BF #2463BC #062F8C #BB967A
  • Adoration of the Magi (1957): #403B31 #63573F #9E8B61 #7C6D4E #2A2A26
  • The Penitent Magdalene (1555-1565): #130D05 #5E4F37 #2B2011 #B08E6F #412C13 #857968
  • Woman with a Mirror (1515): #352A1E #D6AE89 #563D27 #9D8161 #2E2F19 #EED6AE
  • The Crowning with Thorns (1542): #0B080A #3E332C #231C1B #53301D #72462B #98613C
  • Portrait of Jacopo Strada (1567): #3C2C19 #0D0C0A #B39368 #5E482C #856740 #221A0F
  • Philip II in Armour (1551): #332C1F #391C19 #554729 #1D1B17 #7E6C43 #A3997D
  • Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1548): #271E12 #402E17 #161009 #3E392C #806848 #5D503C
  • Portrait of Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo (1510): #393829 #18160F #4D4D51 #262119 #2F2E31 #6F5A2F
  • La Schiavona (1510): #28261F #8E856D #5E3938 #3C392E #BAAF94 #3B211F
  • The Bacchanal of the Andrians (1523): #30301C #4C3D1E #785F35 #1D2212 #D1C9BC #979C9A
  • Baptism of Christ (1511): #3D3024 #211A17 #332F2F #7B4B38 #13110F #625F5D
  • The Bravo (1520): #2F2922 #894D34 #482B1C #643925 #1E1913 #313D39
  • The Concert (ca. 1576): #131017 #311E19 #4F2F21 #68412B #8B5132 #EDE3C6
  • Christ Carrying the Cross (1506): #0D0A0A #AD6632 #271811 #412719 #DA934A #B68355
  • The Worship of Venus (1518): #181D1A #69502D #2D3023 #494529 #C1AC86 #907850
  • Justice (1508): #C1B898 #9A8870 #DDE1CA #746C61 #604F3E #3E3229
  • Tarquin and Lucretia (1571): #0B0F0B #302818 #755D31 #4E3C1D #B99769 #EBE6DE
  • Assumption of the Virgin (1517): #39362F #E9D093 #6A685A #C0C3C5 #B77E59 #CFA16E
  • Flora (1517): #080608 #BCB59B #E5C095 #BD9565 #6F4A23 #857E62
  • The Tribute Money (1516): #120504 #C69254 #9F683A #7D4628 #CE7A3F #572919
  • Allegory of Prudence (1550): #2A1F17 #452F1D #64492E #866347 #A17C5C #522316
  • Diana and Actaeon (1557): #4B3522 #30261C #6E5139 #8E6C53 #B99880 #4E535F
  • Portrait of Charles V (1548): #1A1611 #3D3221 #A08E67 #765025 #656045 #993412
  • The Death of Actaeon (1567): #3E321F #241E17 #5C4C2F #977748 #141412 #7A6C4C
  • Allegory of Marriage (1530): #1C1704 #BEA166 #47340B #7E5C26 #2F2807 #323327
  • Orpheus and Eurydice (ca. 1576): #180D0D #30150B #572E10 #43180B #3A2812 #AA976B
  • Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga (1529): #272A25 #464335 #917A53 #151B1A #CBB782
  • Venus and the Lute Player (ca. 1565-70): #30241C #9D825E #483422 #67472B #6D5D43 #D1B189

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