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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.

Scanning works…

Willem (I) Roelofs

6 works, 1870 to 1889.

Palette: #C2BD98 #444025 #8A804B #605940 #807D65 #625F31 #A6AA90 #3D382C

  • Landschap in de Omgeving van den Haag (1870): #A2AC8E #64643D #CACCA9 #42432A #8E8659
  • De Brug Over de Ijssel Bij Doesburg (1889): #818471 #5E553D #3A3729 #AEA887 #827857 #2A241B
  • Boerenerf Bij Noorden (1870): #3F3A2F #5C5645 #ACA994 #80755B
  • Wilgebomen (1875): #877F40 #343119 #4F4B26 #5D5F2A #B3A761 #CCC483
  • Weidelandschap Met Vee (1880): #AFA88D #CEC1A2 #645C29 #8E824B #453F1E #362C18
  • Landweg Bij Laren, Noord-Holland (1870): #4C4731 #666040 #C4C098 #8B8057 #E6E3B8

The Palette

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How the palette changed

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