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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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William Holman Hunt

Hunt pursued truth to nature through blazing color. His Eastern landscapes shimmer with desert gold and turquoise, sacred subjects rendered in almost hallucinatory chromatic intensity.

Palette: #8D6746 #66563F #C0966B #543321 #78432A #110C0D #AD6B34 #9E3D2E

  • Mary Walker Waugh (1868): #3B2923 #231E1B #563E33 #161312 #70594B #6C2A29
  • Mrs. Strother at the Piano (1855): #8D7F68 #655A4B #38342C
  • Isabella and the Pot of Basil (1867): #332720 #A39186 #5A4C37 #5D3524 #87694B #1C1B1C
  • Emily Hunt Jealous Jessie (1861): #9A885C #C1A665 #737F41 #6F5E40 #3D3D35 #616E46
  • The Lady of Shalott (1905): #281D15 #564A2B #968866 #393022 #6A3B20 #6C634D
  • Study of a Bloodhound (1848): #936B4E #6C4838 #A4947C #352D2C #4E342D #C4BDA3
  • The Light of the World (1853): #14071F #2F332D #251D27 #39171F #562B29 #974125
  • The Light of the World: #26261D #433824 #505B3B #695633 #886F42 #8A4B28
  • Druids Background Detail of Henge (16 S): #666B65 #2F2B27 #B5AB92 #42453D #6F6A4D #92978B
  • Druids Thorn Detail (16 S): #7E5E49 #B4B6B6 #858687 #543C2E #9A633F #595B5B
  • The Importunate Neighbour (1895): #32251C #6D522D #432916 #5A391B #1F1D1C #4B3D2D
  • Stephen Lushington (1862): #100B10 #281413 #B58B78 #5F3A2C #3D201B #2A2123
  • Christ and the Two Marys (1847): #9A6449 #BF8659 #7A6665 #714B36 #C4B295 #5D3F36
  • Cornfield at Ewell (1849): #8A7143 #B99246 #494E5D #726E6F #5E4B2D #986E28
  • Fanny Waugh Hunt: #B08E59 #2F1C15 #4F3221 #83655B #4C1E15 #845B30
  • Il Dolce Far Niente (1859): #533723 #784B2D #B66B41 #372117 #EBC780 #25150F
  • Isabella and the Pot of Basil (1867): #2C2927 #4C3E38 #AC7351 #88776B #725041 #C79E77
  • Morning Hunt (1866): #1A1E16 #302C22 #C7C2BA #4A2F25 #857C72 #574839
  • Nazareth (1861): #EADBC2 #E4B07D #B58B6B #C07149 #6F6E67 #C8AD94
  • Our English Coasts or Strayed Sheep (1852): #493A2B #0D0E0C #9E7F1C #D3CEB8 #604B30 #6A5F29
  • Portrait of Fanny Holman Hunt (1866): #1C2120 #382E28 #543631 #856347 #624E3F #773D38
  • The Afterglow in Egypt (1863): #182546 #E3E8E5 #131B2C #9D7A4B #C2B995 #6B533F
  • The Birthday (1868): #172021 #4F4C3D #382A2C #6A4236 #C48669 #844F3B
  • The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854): #954D22 #F6EFE2 #C37A2B #C1A993 #53230F #743214
  • The Hireling Shepherd (1851): #424323 #6C7138 #2C2913 #AF8A4E #4E551E #8E8869
  • The Scapegoat (<a h): #A99B87 #6D5E50 #48382A #C6AE73 #664B2F #8A6E4A
  • The School Girl’s Hymn (1859): #EEF1E4 #253C49 #182125 #865642 #396274 #6E3833
  • An Italian Child (Tuscan Girl Plaiting Straw) (1869): #754124 #563723 #38291F #9F6439 #D0C6AE #C98857
  • William Holman Hunt: #150909 #2C110C #3A160E #4D1F12 #945637 #B37854
  • F.g. Stephens (1847): #28272C #806346 #483933 #1F1D1B #AE9579 #573827
  • The Ship (1875): #1A2425 #333028 #5F432D #504335 #1C3B40 #A57145
  • John Hunt (1827-1910): #332D2E #50383D #653137 #854C3F #512931 #BD8C6F
  • John Key (1827-1910): #613635 #A05E30 #874A35 #473335 #796557 #BB7630
  • Cornfield at Ewell (1849): #715F37 #9D7935 #2D3F56 #534C2E #80622A #303023
  • The Haunted Manor (1849): #201F13 #926A24 #3E3B1E #5D4E20 #613914 #342112
  • Fanny Waugh Hunt (1866): #B5935E #10110D #452A1C #26140F #2A241A #936A3A
  • Christ and the Two Marys (1847): #B6784F #5D3F2E #825F45 #7C452E #98A096 #7E6464
  • The Flight of Madeline and Porphyro During the Drunkenness Attending the Revelry (the Eve of St. Agnes) (1850): #2D2111 #7E6946 #674A24 #473921 #12100A #8E6338
  • Cyril Benoni Holman Hunt (1880): #19130F #7C704B #332918 #484339 #2B2620 #544929
  • The Thames at Chelsea, Evening (1853): #15121C #2D271E #241F1F #3C341F #5A4E24 #817139
  • Self-Portrait (1867): #292929 #14191A #344B4D #4B3C37 #9B4E3F #C66350
  • The Lady of Shalott (1890): #483520 #7D4F2B #9E471E #5F2C15 #3F1D0C #979185
  • Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at 22 Years of Age (1882): #6F828C #1F1313 #734222 #2F1511 #4F2C1E #9D6D42
  • The Lantern Maker's Courtship, a Street Scene in Cairo (1857): #583928 #885932 #0F0F10 #39221A #933328 #6F3023
  • The Apple Harvest, Valley of the Rhine, Ragaz (1885): #826B35 #5E481A #7E6D50 #513E22 #AFA290 #867D7E
  • Self-Portrait (1845): #5E3B14 #382214 #200F0B #492D15 #A57757 #CEA889
  • May Morning on Magdalen College Tower, Oxford, Ancient Annual Ceremony (1890): #D0C8B4 #9D978E #584D46 #794E2B #2E2019 #58311B
  • The Dead Sea from Siloam (1857): #C9B8AE #7D6452 #9C7953 #6F6063 #9F8983 #473D1F
  • The Light of the World (1850): #372C24 #48442D #4D2820 #586543 #6C3022 #854120
  • The Scapegoat (1854): #867F80 #362D25 #24323C #BEA479 #60668D #D2B16F
  • The Triumph of the Innocents (1886): #222C27 #444032 #6B5B44 #948569 #482F21 #1A4244
  • The Nile (1854): #E7D4B0 #B7AEAB #BE7958 #AD8169 #7D6E5A #E9A171
  • Past and Present (1868): #351B17 #0F090D #633820 #8B6547 #563E33 #220B0B
  • The Woman Taken in Adultery (After Rembrandt van Rijn) (1845): #311C21 #1F121E #704334 #4C241F #4B3235 #0F0714
  • Study for 'the Eve of Saint Agnes (1847): #0A0909 #685E49 #261F1C #6F482C #40221C #5C3526
  • Little Nell and Her Grandfather (1845): #C9C8AD #1D160F #342C18 #999276 #63512D #613113
  • The Eve of Saint Agnes (1848): #3A3A35 #7B7457 #555243 #5E4D32 #83673E #1C2828
  • Afterglow in Egypt (1854): #7D6D4C #08060B #B99D72 #92A1B0 #DE8F2D #C96D25
  • The School-Girl's Hymn (1859): #1B232B #E1E9EF #7C5531 #573017 #3D2A21 #39474E
  • The Afterglow in Egypt (1861): #131624 #0D0D11 #663E27 #C1BEAF #3D2415 #91613B
  • The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1862): #846E55 #652F14 #70482C #88401C #925E37 #E3E6D3
  • London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales (1863): #281F1A #34190B #5F2B13 #160C07 #803F1B #A56634
  • The Festival of St Swithin (the Dovecot) (1865): #222217 #63583E #0C0C0A #D5CDBC #393726 #46321D
  • Bianca (1869): #3F2E29 #E9DFCF #8D7966 #BDAA97 #584437 #996A4B
  • The Shadow of Death (1870): #BC9E86 #735E54 #555B5A #53352F #B27354 #997666
  • Plain of Esdraelon from the Heights Above Nazareth (1876): #C3C8BA #8E7A69 #8E6C41 #5E533D #B29569 #372F1F
  • Sir Richard Owen (1881): #291E2A #0A091E #514538 #943939 #5B302D #6C2428
  • Study of a Head (1884): #969975 #9E723F #774823 #330D03 #490E03 #5A3318
  • May Morning on Magdalen Tower (1890): #D6D0C9 #69645B #9D9A8F #AF6D51 #6A2F1E #3E362E
  • Harold Rathbone (1893): #25563A #190907 #E7BBA6 #BC8978 #440E09 #2F0B07
  • John David Jenkins (C.1828-1876) (ca. 1828-76): #29231B #C6C0AF #94876B #54452D #3F3729 #9E6E42
  • The Lantern-Maker's Courtship (1857): #6D5A4F #895942 #3C312B #AB948C #344662 #C2936B
  • Isabella and the Pot of Basil (1867): #251A15 #AD8F7B #584535 #99583C #592A1D #401E16
  • A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids (1849): #BA9886 #8E8E7F #976A56 #48372D #5A6052 #CACAC7
  • Rienzi Vowing to Obtain Justice for the Death of His Young Brother, Slain in a Skirmish Between the Colonna and the Orsini Factions (1849): #815640 #C6CDD4 #2A2623 #5D4E44 #7996B7 #423B36
  • The Awakening Conscience (1853): #463225 #251D18 #7F6D5C #5E4F40 #4B2119 #6C452D
  • The Miracle of the Holy Fire (1892): #87502A #9D794F #62351D #C7854D #BEA37F #838379
  • Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus (1851): #534132 #774931 #AC8762 #44291D #2B1814 #756254
  • Our English Coasts (1852): #6D5A34 #0A0D0A #D0CAB0 #2B3930 #9C7E1C #4A3729
  • Claudio and Isabella (1850): #5C3D2D #38382B #665440 #0D2920 #814027 #A6A599
  • The Importunate Neighbour (1895): #6B4E2B #3D2817 #2C241E #563619 #4C3C2D #191717
  • Study of a Bloodhound (1848): #8E6549 #AB9A80 #392E2D #6D5241 #6B3D2E #4F3128
  • The Beloved (1827-1910): #C1CECE #9A6E4D #724B41 #CFC8B7 #542923 #B8A078
  • Stephen Lushington (1862): #100B10 #2B1514 #251B1D #452D27 #59473F #B38977

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