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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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Willem Bartel van der Kooi

8 works, 1791 to 1813.

Palette: #201C14 #36301B #574C2B #C6B893 #7C6D4D #453F2B #9A927D #513421

  • Zelfportret, Wijzend Naar Het Portret van Zijn Gestorven Collega Dirk Jacobsz Ploegsma (1791): #28241A #161611 #615430 #887547 #42391D
  • De Minnebrief (1808): #30271F #AE987A #474232 #D8C6A7 #191312 #75614A
  • Het Gestoorde Pianospel (1813): #4A4430 #2D2619 #15130F #6A4C24 #8498A9 #4F3721
  • Jan (Baptist) Kobell II (1778-1814). Schilder (1811): #473F2B #1F1F1A #362F1E #98835E #5A3B21 #6C5C41
  • Sebastiaan Leerse, Koopman Te Antwerpen (1804): #1B170E #3C371E #282317 #887C52 #C0AF75 #595133
  • De Vrouw van Sebastiaan Leerse (1804): #3C3520 #231B12 #302918 #9A8E5B #C0B16D #766E45
  • Adriaen Pieter Twent (1745-1816), Graaf van Rosenburg. Minister van Waterstaat, Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Kamerheer van Koning Lodewijk Napoleon (1809): #18160E #292516 #7D7663 #424231 #5F492B #B9AB92
  • Jacobus Scheltema (1767-1835). Geschiedschrijver (1798): #5B4F25 #0E0E0B #1D1B14 #302B13 #BBA578 #D9D1B2

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