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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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Umberto Boccioni

Boccioni painted speed in prismatic color. His canvases fracture movement into interpenetrating planes of electric blue, orange, and green — Futurist dynamism made chromatic.

Palette: #12110E #927548 #BF733E #C39859 #95572A #E0BA7D #962F1A #2E4973

  • Ritratto della Sorella By: #CFCDC3 #7D7642 #53552E #343A21 #9C7232 #694B22
  • La Signora Virginiala Signora Virginia (1905): #192911 #0A1400 #888961 #BAB89B #94792E #555A37
  • Mouvement d'Un Corps Humain (1909): #2B4332 #6D5E3A #75371A #856023 #596A5A #5A381D
  • Ritratto di Ines (1911): #E1B596 #F1DDC6 #ECC54E #180E18 #DC9C67 #4C1B22
  • Brunate (1909): #B01D0E #246295 #D7D8D6 #E3AE09 #E1CA52 #D44813
  • Dynamism of a Man's Head (1913): #A59F8A #2A281B #504D3E #0E0E08 #DBD8C4 #747162
  • La Signora Massimino (1908): #C5BEB7 #DECFB4 #9A9091 #926E5C #756E76 #8D5745
  • Self-Portrait (1905): #ACAB9F #0F0E13 #263434 #97703A #A99D82 #957B58
  • The Street Pavers (1914): #ACA08C #D5AC85 #496772 #B36559 #E4D5BE #997C46
  • Three Women (1910): #554D27 #837C50 #636C4D #342912 #AEAA82 #E4D299
  • Elastic (1912): #C7391A #D98952 #D77320 #E7BF5D #821B12 #A21B0F
  • Il Sogno (Paolo e Francesca): #CAB8C3 #B45C25 #796444 #CD7E34 #5C5E67 #816232
  • Self-Portrait. (1905): #ACA491 #262A2E #38403C #908A74 #252921 #546055
  • Volumi Orizzontali (1912): #081109 #414537 #1C2920 #030400 #87745D #272715
  • Unter der Pergola in Neapel (1914): #C69D7E #CAC2C6 #BB799B #8993A8 #AA6551 #CDA4B8
  • Nudo di Spalle (Controluce) (1909): #675846 #B49258 #928064 #4F5451 #BAB4A3 #483B33
  • Umbertoboccioni (16 J): #4C4544 #684441 #AE6B4B #9E9343 #D57941 #934B3A
  • The City Rises (1910): #C9A78D #DCCCB8 #B77B56 #962F1F #85827B #A85538
  • The Street Enters the House (1911): #919CB0 #6C3C35 #BDB1AB #685B6F #946F65 #546C96
  • Charge of the Lancers (1915): #CFC7B2 #73634F #110F0A #B69159 #ABA088 #EBD2A6
  • States of Mind I: the Farewells (1911): #69552C #2C2113 #170C05 #4F4530 #403115 #987E50
  • Riot in the Gallery (1910): #A88A7B #CDA582 #64697A #A14C3C #EFD298 #F5E7C8
  • States of Mind II: Those Who Go (1911): #373948 #67808E #4B596A #9DB3B6 #21242F #3B3E61
  • Visioni Simultanee (1912): #2E4450 #406B98 #301428 #214677 #974935 #13245C
  • La Signora Virginia (1905): #1A2A12 #0A1702 #A29F74 #68704B #385339 #624E15
  • Dynamism of a Cyclist (1913): #7E8DA5 #BDA880 #485048 #A0873F #CCAE5B #C99922
  • Materia (1912): #5E4C4C #332A30 #9B6950 #7C4F41 #C0895F #927C7B
  • Laugh (1911): #912E1B #4D1912 #721F14 #B09C57 #779052 #AC4D1F
  • Dynamism of a Soccer Player (1913): #728087 #322122 #2C2F3D #654D41 #442019 #56362B
  • Those Who Leave (1911): #F7DBBB #3D4F3C #64402A #BBC2CB #2C3340 #95715A
  • The Mother (1907): #886F5A #5D4A3C #433227 #DDBF90 #281910 #B7A58D
  • Farmer at Work (1909): #D3C2A0 #603517 #391B0C #4C3829 #291A10 #AA9B81
  • Horse Rider Group of Buildings (1913): #757E85 #E1CBAB #BCC4D5 #D7AF86 #C68E6B #3D3C3D
  • Landscape of Milan (Boccioni) (1915): #242D3E #333B33 #55552B #646C37 #2E1D1C #663B21
  • Landscape: #D4DED3 #B8B555 #988235 #B7B67E #9BB096 #795324
  • Peasants at Work (1908): #9C813C #6F6637 #CA9142 #B5A362 #4B4524 #5E6E51
  • Three Women (1909): #20282C #645944 #C0B9AB #444441 #636768 #888276
  • Costruzione Spiralica (1913): #685975 #475245 #422F46 #8B5833 #878B64 #573724
  • Officine a Porta Romana (1909): #5B4C47 #BBBAB0 #553E1E #805D34 #AE8C67 #8A7E74
  • Il Mattino (1909): #EDC894 #954B2C #CEA188 #130406 #E1AD6F #3A0E0E
  • Borgo di Milano (1910): #EE3B52 #F6617E #F9C43B #E15756 #E27B6A #F96D9E
  • Crepuscolo a Porta Romana (1909): #1E1615 #5A402A #372E27 #4A4336 #646352 #0A0608
  • Autoritratto DI (1908): #849D94 #5D553C #D6CEA2 #7D6A48 #9D9577 #845B2C
  • Donna in Giardino (1910): #4C5949 #DAC7B2 #CFA255 #868881 #745A38 #5B6F3C
  • Portrait of the Mother II (Boccioni): #4B6866 #0A120B #28382F #759189 #A79656 #7B7F49
  • Romanzo di Una Cucitrice (Boccioni) (1908): #0D070A #522D1D #352A2F #49180F #70461E #767B89
  • Lombard Countryside (1908): #AC9E88 #AE9762 #E7D8CE #827852 #D9C891 #695F56
  • Boats in Venice (1910): #CDC9B3 #A6AFB3 #959086 #6B6866 #182833 #0C191F
  • Farmer at Work (1908): #CDBEAD #58331E #9A8676 #3C2D22 #78361B #754F39
  • Study for 'the City Rises (1910): #2B487E #126457 #BF0B33 #CEA950 #B33542 #C35F64
  • Modern Idol (1911): #284B85 #5379A6 #173459 #40647E #2C4B6C #5F7C6A
  • Portrait of the Mother (1910): #9C998D #727437 #BB9A68 #60361B #D7C9B3 #7F4D29
  • Plastic Dynamism Horse House (1914): #CA6033 #EA9B5D #DB7833 #953417 #F2BE8C #6E1F0F
  • Portrait of Mrs. Adalgisa Maffi (1909): #463A42 #6F5157 #6676A1 #8F4C57 #AC715A #DFBA85
  • The Grand Canal in Venice (1907): #575043 #6D6966 #D8CBB6 #797D8D #A79781 #323539
  • Watermelon (1913): #12110A #BB2F27 #AD7D28 #87341E #8C5C1B #B1544E
  • Female Portrait (1911): #26282F #444744 #6A6E5C #373D54 #BDA56F #4D3532
  • Portrait of Mrs. Busoni (1916): #302D2C #947952 #6C6E6E #454C39 #553A36 #43454B
  • Portrait of the Mother (1907): #C5B8A3 #968065 #4C4641 #6E533A #757568 #50311C
  • Portrait of Maestro Busoni (1916): #9BB5B0 #69827A #7EA9D9 #6A7186 #966248 #B58051
  • Portrait of Mrs. Casanova (1911): #E2C8A1 #6F4034 #8A561B #A24627 #EEC268 #B88035
  • Plastic Synthesis of a Seated Figure (Silva) (1915): #5C5843 #C9E5E3 #414649 #88724C #7F4736 #BA9F7C

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