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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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Willard Metcalf

Willard Leroy Metcalf was an American painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris.

Palette: #857A57 #745633 #555235 #B4C3C9 #58351B #BE8152 #9E5125 #D3B873

  • Midsummer Twilight (ca. 1890): #646C52 #A6AA94 #968F5D #C0AA81 #2D503D #B78864
  • Green Idleness (ca. 1911): #AEC8CA #839F6C #3C543D #668267 #829F9A #587442
  • L'Epte à Giverny W Leroy Metkalf (1887): #454649 #726A63 #998565 #252F38 #98938B #26222C
  • Metcalf14: #9D9571 #6F6757 #808880 #41423C #65483E #29121B
  • Dsc09525 (1905): #8F806D #E2D7D1 #B8AEA6 #4F4A3D #7D8989 #384A55
  • Dsc09534 (1922): #A89568 #877762 #917242 #A2ACAD #B6AD9C #705837
  • Old Woman with Child and Goose (1884-85): #6B5539 #A97D4D #987C5D #50443B #1E1415 #765226
  • Dsc05208 (1895): #898A87 #BA9F86 #63666E #4B4C4D #72685A #A3854D
  • The North Country (1923): #81735D #9C885D #61523C #ADB8AA #4B443C #636966
  • A Family of Birches (1907): #4B5538 #242E20 #777D50 #6A8178 #0E160B #43534B
  • A Young Girl (1893): #22110A #B7BAB7 #645951 #898C8A #E6E4DD #583923
  • The Pool (1904): #45433B #616456 #3A2D22 #777B4B #535630 #888479
  • My Wife and Daughter (1858-1925): #A4A198 #676B63 #3D4138 #DADADC #1B251F #3B1713
  • Hillside Dwellings, Pelago, Italy (1914): #918879 #534E40 #C2B3A4 #AFAEAE #727043 #706558
  • Gloucester Harbour (1895): #B2B3B4 #BAAB94 #8296A8 #89836A #A59154 #726937
  • Hillside Pastures-September (1922): #BBB66A #CCB388 #D8D7BF #B2AEA5 #828A53 #808378
  • November Mosaic (1922): #C3AA45 #A38E44 #7F6A2E #DEE5E4 #6C724C #AFA372
  • Pelago-Tuscany (1913): #9A9F8E #757B62 #E1D6B0 #526257 #BDAE8C #A28F71
  • Sunlight and Shadow (1888): #27350D #2F3822 #08060F #D9DDC0 #15210C #7B7913
  • The Ten Cent Breakfast (1887): #533219 #2D211D #D9C3A2 #AA8F67 #3B2113 #754A1F
  • Unfolding Buds (1909): #90942C #BFCEE3 #818537 #73724D #959362 #B5AF6E
  • Au Cafe (1888): #9E5135 #9F6E4C #171013 #D09865 #73382C #DEB882
  • Autum Glory (Unkn): #765D8A #C8DBE7 #946457 #A8573F #9E94AB #593D5F
  • Breton Girl (1884): #73763B #191711 #E3D265 #51532A #F6EC96 #A4A157
  • Cornish Hills (1911): #B3CEEB #E6E8E5 #615337 #978E79 #40383C #5B5861
  • On the Suffolk Coast (1885): #5C6770 #7E888A #353D4E #6B819E #3B5489 #978878
  • Poppy Garden (1905): #7C8568 #4F6155 #A6A27A #C1CAF4 #7B97B8 #C6C3B2
  • Street Scene, Tangiers (1887): #4F3633 #F0EDDD #746057 #161216 #DABE9B #9D9396
  • The Ballet Dancers or the Dressing Room (1885): #351D17 #F2EBE3 #BB9F91 #180B0D #ECCAA2 #6D503B
  • Jewish Girl, Tunis (1887): #B2C3B5 #D0A932 #BE9858 #E4C425 #B6851A #0A0B10
  • October (1908): #302326 #B67C50 #807779 #ABA45E #D69047 #AA5D3B
  • Winter Afternoon (1917): #BABDC8 #8C8BA1 #68677D #A29891 #7881AF
  • Mill Pond (1904): #A3926A #7D7455 #ACAAA9 #B19F89 #5F624A #7C6636
  • Indian Summer, Vermont (1922): #9D8667 #755946 #5B5F5F #71A1A5 #415865 #92724C
  • The Pool (1904): #4B4A41 #757565 #393026 #787C49 #555A37 #462E15
  • Jewish Girl, Tunis (1887): #B0C1B3 #C59825 #BD9652 #E4C425 #8C6230 #A1610C
  • Mountain Laurel (1905): #D9D8D7 #A9A7A2 #55615C #8A9E74 #806D62 #44757A
  • Old Woman with Child and Goose (1884): #5A4731 #997C5B #A57848 #775934 #3C312A #ECC88D
  • Early Spring Afternoon: Central Park (1911): #9E8966 #524C34 #CACEBA #E3CFA0 #7F705B #302A1A
  • Midsummer Twilight (1890): #697766 #B4C2C5 #C4B598 #3B5453 #9EA167 #EAE8D3
  • A Family of Birches (1907): #4F5A43 #2B3526 #7C8257 #687E76 #172012 #565F30
  • The Birches (1906): #7A7B57 #677064 #989066 #454C3B #5B5C38 #2A3324
  • A Young Girl (1893): #A6ACA9 #211109 #D8D9D6 #351E12 #675C53 #190D07
  • The Ten Cent Breakfast (1887): #392419 #4E2D16 #B1976F #27201F #71461C #E2CEB2
  • Early Autumn (1905): #BE9C6D #B7C7BE #855A3E #957650 #898369 #E5DCC7

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