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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.

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William Nicholson

Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits. He also worked as a printmaker in techniques including woodcut, wood-engraving and lithography, as an illustrator, as an author of children's books and as a designer for the theatre.

Palette: #64452D #D1AF8B #895A36 #AB784A #A2371D #DB9D52 #782F1B #768687

  • The Lowestoft Bowl (1911): #272320 #131312 #AEA27F #443629 #7D704B #814925
  • Lady in Furs, Mme. P. (ca. 1907): #212019 #151611 #76583C #453724
  • Silver (1938): #A0A79D #757F6E #C4CBCD #4F5D51 #C0A46D #E7EDF2
  • Nude (ca. 1921): #DDCDBF #BC9D80 #4A6F5D #1F2F24 #917051 #B3A795
  • Mushrooms (1940): #D5B96E #6A5931 #A1884C #61322A #ADA399 #DDD1CE
  • Miss Jekyll’s Gardening Boots (1920): #3E3933 #D5D3BB #968160 #594F43 #725F48 #B4AD94
  • Studio Still Life (1914): #251F1E #635538 #3A3226 #4A402C #3D1B1C #6F2B22
  • The Hill Above Harlech (ca. 1917): #92826A #534B34 #322C1F #675A31 #78684F #D8C097
  • Entrance to the Bodleian Library (date not known): #9E8762 #483D2C #776548 #64543D #2E271C #35250F
  • Wadham College, from the Back (1906): #A18357 #7B6643 #4D3E2A #2E2519 #6A5A42
  • The Entrance to Worcester College (date not known): #B49366 #433421 #6C5538 #8B704C
  • Gold Jug (1937): #B7B4A4 #685F46 #8E8A7A #958966 #403B32 #BCB58C
  • A Cambridge Blue (1926): #A2BCC0 #4D3F22 #8C7D3A #66562C #BA9371 #D0D3C7
  • Portrait of Florence Phillips: #0B0504 #1D0905 #F9E6ED #ECBEB5 #D59C81 #A97255
  • Gertrude Jekyll (1920): #080D07 #A9947D #886543 #50310A #37200C #5B4227
  • J M Barrie by Sir 1903, Snpg (1904): #E69C5C #B46C3A #3A2218 #653922 #884E2B #D87E46
  • Portrait of Diana Low (1933): #E3C855 #6B574A #765E27 #E9E2E0 #42352C #97773E
  • The Brig (1906): #AA9B93 #6C6975 #887C7A #8F7863 #B5966E #D7C4AA
  • The Lustre Bowl with Green Peas (1911): #181B24 #C1BEB3 #50504B #9C9B8A #737266 #38352D
  • West Yorkshire, England (1936): #CFB78A #8F9BAC #958560 #0F0C0C #6F5E2F #5B3715
  • Study for the Portrait of Lord and Lady Strafford in Their Library, C.1940 By (ca. 1940): #423324 #604829 #271F19 #826738 #100E0C #A28A59
  • The Brown Crow (1917): #2C2321 #8E2825 #732825 #502622 #BA907F #B33E2B
  • The Cenotaph the Morning of the Peace Procession (1919): #534332 #A69B87 #84735C #765437 #332A21 #933228
  • The Misses Margaret and Diana Low, 1926 by Sir (1926): #C3AA89 #795B3C #9E6B41 #9D815E #907B71 #EEE1CA
  • The Silver Casket and Red Leather Box, 1920 By (1920): #110E0C #A74725 #802F1D #A6A092 #857A69 #3C362F
  • Canadian Headquarters Staff (1918): #9F8773 #44382A #695B49 #CDBDAD #201B15 #7A5A45
  • (1781-1844), Self-Portrait, Circa (19 A): #151411 #2B251A #493F32 #71523B #A48868 #D5B990
  • Anne Stirling Maxwell (1906): #1F180E #AB9675 #462B11 #826D51 #CCBFAC #372E22
  • Still Life with Water Jug and Pears: #BCB39F #9C9179 #6F6045 #977E4A #888B89
  • Lieutenant-General (Later General) Thomas Scott (1745-1842), Army Staff (1817): #2C251A #562A1C #4A3B30 #722E1E #C18D64 #907258
  • Captain Grayson (1835): #2A1D15 #502F11 #1A120B #74491E #A67138 #E8AD7F
  • William Ingham: #090202 #976B3D #784B12 #DEC8A1 #7C2C06 #5F3706
  • Professor John Wilson: #403123 #624D3B #231C14 #DDBFA5 #897961 #111310
  • Portrait of a Lady in Rustic Costume with a Sheaf of Wheat: #25221F #3E3F3C #606463 #968B78 #503C2C #C6BDAB
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.68, P.28): #2F2C22 #1D1B11 #584D42 #76271E #9E9D87 #7F7A6B
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.60, P.27): #1F1D19 #5C574E #673934 #B89D86 #847063 #0A0805
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.70, P.30): #DEA547 #887040 #B17826 #704B17 #936422 #4C320E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.83, P.33) (Copy of 'John Stuart Hepburn Forbes' by Henry Raeburn): #5F584C #202D37 #0C0E0F #3A3732 #0D161E #2A2218
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.86, P.35): #BF8A42 #1D130E #543B21 #71451B #905D25 #806642
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.84, P.35): #322421 #C07043 #4A271E #874F36 #140F0E #683F30
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.72, P.30): #AA884D #7D6435 #DFA348 #CFA660 #C96C0C #AF5208
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.88, P.35): #0D0E0A #352617 #766039 #1B2315 #4F442A #A78A57
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.76, P.32): #D29646 #675C38 #A02B0E #1B150B #A0642A #9A7A46
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.16, P.9): #0F0E0D #504A45 #1F2528 #31221A #8A6256 #604338
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.2, P.5) (Copy of 'Charles I with M. de St Antoine' by Anthony van Dyck): #2C2923 #2E1E14 #59564D #16110B #4B3323 #46453E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.54, Loose): #5A4F50 #3F3131 #213140 #242227 #0E1925 #0B0B0F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.60, Loose): #2E262E #3D2B25 #191316 #544445 #122536 #885E4B
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.12, P.7): #3A221D #151515 #322B2B #2C110D #5C2921 #22110F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.17, P.9): #100E0A #2C281F #816950 #040403 #21180C #42301D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.6, P.5): #3A2F26 #261B15 #462F1D #E4AF83 #6E4A2C #BF8868
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.1, P.5): #605B48 #20170F #523726 #252B22 #DAA370 #877358
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.8, P.7): #1B1B1B #0D0D0A #B49B7A #3D3B36 #665A4A #292018
  • Thomas Hamilton (1784-1858), Rsa: #2A2826 #1A191A #292117 #0F0D0E #D4C6B2 #BFA18A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.40, P.20): #42432F #A26D56 #5E6548 #919E8A #2D271D #2A170E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.47, P.22): #231C18 #552B19 #3F291E #744727 #120C09 #9F5D28
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.50, P.26): #B7721F #150A06 #825D2A #925111 #D9720E #F2951A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.21, P.11): #372C25 #0D1410 #1E140E #5D2119 #222826 #64554A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.44, P.22): #8B6033 #231A12 #41382B #736444 #382515 #5C4024
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.53, P.26): #9B703D #C8904B #EDA448 #795630 #523820 #342214
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.37, P.19): #0F1012 #484544 #3B1E1C #64676D #2B2625 #752C25
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.20, P.11): #1B1817 #373B37 #5B5A4A #342116 #AB8A5D #7B5F3E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.19, P.11): #181815 #090907 #2B1F14 #3A3A3C #423120 #9C7057
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.45, P.22): #221F1E #3F2D22 #60422E #22160E #98623E #DA7B3C
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.31, P.17): #341E1B #1D1C1D #98877B #625C5B #5B433C #532720
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.35, P.19): #111215 #373026 #29353E #A48367 #59534B #867D6F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.22, P.11): #91826B #1C110D #47362A #D2B58E #B6815D #6E5A4A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.34, P.19): #232D36 #BFA797 #AF6662 #12181E #896E6B #684D52
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.63, P.28): #302319 #965C29 #C66E26 #E9881E #130E09 #5E3918
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.71, P.30): #D5A04B #91622A #AB8E53 #B77529 #674E29 #2E1D0E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.69, P.30): #12100D #614325 #3E2B19 #26180C #4A2B0F #2A2724
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.90, P.37; After Thomas Lawrence): #273540 #6E685A #162028 #22201F #443D38 #AAA186
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.74, P.32): #1B1612 #433022 #DD9D52 #4F3016 #7F532D #2B1A0F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.77, P.32): #403125 #221D19 #795634 #120F0B #A77645 #872F1D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.78, P.32): #8B572A #504633 #664221 #312E23 #442D18 #532D0F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.82, P.33): #262123 #0A1623 #1D3040 #030812 #3D5367 #4A403E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.55, P.26): #DB9C4C #846F47 #C19052 #5E5333 #0E0B08 #B3905F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.91, P.37): #430C0D #6F1210 #B8A69C #677684 #D6B290 #5A0D0D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.64, Loose): #5F5E60 #1E161D #7C867E #372026 #B19677 #0B060A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.58, Loose): #193149 #484E55 #84665A #08223D #4E322B #33475C
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.98, P.43): #323747 #2F212A #5C3E3B #855F53 #191019 #171F30
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.99, P.44): #242E3B #071D33 #1B0B10 #33141B #531D24 #143755
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.4, P.5): #110C09 #311C12 #532D18 #6F3818 #8D4F22 #231C19
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.85): #E2C095 #C1563A #0D3047 #C49D73 #04172F #A26D4C
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.48, P.24): #1F1614 #3B4246 #0D0807 #1F2226 #2A6275 #949E95
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.43, P.22): #27313A #161C23 #9D9286 #524F4D #2C2625 #1B1413
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.39, P.20; After Anthony van Dyck): #BC9E80 #6E523C #95765A #462E1F #291911 #180E0A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.52, P.26): #48525A #2F373F #1D252C #6D7C7C #C4A987 #766861
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.36, P.19): #121213 #737D80 #4E5C68 #291B19 #292E33 #481E1A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.26, P.13): #463F3B #16191A #201712 #68645C #97846F #C0A98B
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.65, P.28): #2F291E #1A140C #545140 #B67E34 #AC9470 #DAB883
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.5, P.5): #221C16 #110D09 #423B33 #342316 #6D604E #533118
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.50, Loose): #112A3F #506571 #343F4C #625756 #051426 #22272E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.57, P.27): #8B6439 #58432D #12100C #272019 #BA8143 #382719
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.67, P.28): #506374 #CFA99B #6A5E63 #2B3F50 #6E4D47 #978B90
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.56, P.27): #372C25 #251711 #C6997A #846451 #140907 #5B4A3F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.3, P.5): #171513 #C29273 #613F33 #080705 #36322D #342018
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.61, P.27): #111D26 #3F3D3A #22313F #060B10 #221D19 #706A6C
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.23, P.11): #28211E #0F0E0D #A8775F #523C35 #7E2827 #6D4F44
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.27, P.13): #2B2921 #17110B #4C3722 #312111 #6D6752 #E3C89A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.28, P.13): #78817B #2D2B25 #16130F #78654D #4D463A #3C2A1B
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.18, P.9): #58635C #3E2A1D #B79E82 #1F120C #856B58 #58493E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.14, P.9): #211C12 #0F0A05 #3B3A2D #C2A580 #48381F #63614D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.15, P.9): #433227 #231A16 #685747 #8A735E #40666B #451A11
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.46, P.22): #B0A999 #1A1511 #D1B592 #5B5143 #7FA2A2 #42281B
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.59, P.27): #301B19 #DFDEC5 #B9595C #3D1514 #74716D #58261F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.73, P.30): #1E1D1B #714B27 #0A0A08 #3C2212 #53351B #A66938
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.42, P.22): #51251D #30261C #523C29 #35150F #732D1F #735134
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.79, P.33): #615B5A #52423A #3D3B3F #603D27 #242025 #866958
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.38, P.19): #2C2B27 #495764 #263139 #10181E #AC8D6E #141410
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.66, P.28): #5B4424 #15120E #3A3021 #7E5E36 #E0A34A #A36D2F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.54, P.26): #E48C32 #845733 #762617 #5C1911 #3B2B1D #C37F42
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.49, P.26): #181412 #44241B #5E3224 #301F18 #713321 #B97841
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.93, P.37): #1B2936 #0E1721 #836047 #433636 #314354 #2C262C
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.89, P.35): #12100E #41382A #88673B #3A1610 #B68950 #654225
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.70, Loose): #878A80 #A0AA9D #2E2E32 #534D50 #997256 #626567
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.92, P.37): #785033 #B9824C #4F301E #925729 #D1753E #342219
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.86): #1B3047 #0F1D2C #444C59 #78716F #2D2B32 #04101F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.7, P.7): #231813 #0F0B0A #402A16 #382E28 #563E2B #72543D
  • Portrait of an Unidentified Gentleman: #231E19 #362116 #4F514A #644529 #33342C #CEBB99
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.56, Loose): #233548 #54453D #36272A #141E2A #070609 #6D3D47
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.66, Loose): #A2A999 #556769 #404953 #2C2E31 #79837F #645856
  • Sir James Matthew Barrie (1904): #8E7B52 #524227 #0E0C0B #251D15 #6F5C37
  • Anne Stirling Maxwell (1910): #21190E #A48F6D #452A10 #C0AF96 #5C4931 #2F1A06
  • Canadian Headquarters Staff (1918): #A18B76 #60503D #D8CDC0 #1F1B15 #3D3426 #7B6752
  • William Harold Cubley: #090505 #AA9476 #847050 #5B5032 #1D0605 #251C12
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.52, Loose): #2A2628 #453F41 #893C3F #141011 #512930 #192F3E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.62, Loose): #8B847C #2F2D2E #1E100E #645E59 #422B23 #4A5B5D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.48, Loose): #312E31 #533A3F #1C191B #714D52 #A07A6C #C49D88
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.11, P.7): #11100C #524539 #331C15 #B38663 #2E2A24 #7F6B56
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.9, P.7): #1C1A17 #463A32 #9D8160 #7B624C #63130B #B1190F
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (P.46): #262527 #4E4843 #110F10 #674A37 #7B7A6F #3F291D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.13, P.9): #15120F #41454B #794C32 #5F4F45 #282829 #22150D
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.41, P.20): #352B1F #5F5542 #A79E84 #937654 #201710 #7B9A8C
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.80, P.33) (Copy of Francis Macnab, 'the Macnab' by Henry Raeburn): #4D4B4A #71645A #29313B #1A1D22 #36312E #967F67
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.85, P.35): #D7AC61 #AB884E #765A30 #2C1E17 #4E2716 #5D4028
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.97, P.41): #807563 #BEA684 #2E464B #2B2323 #473B39 #5B645E
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.87, P.35): #181410 #855A30 #372C24 #952D18 #28120C #421C11
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.51, P.26): #141212 #322720 #51221C #36100D #792417 #9F2C19
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.75, P.32): #7B552C #D48D44 #201B11 #533818 #3D311F #A8713A
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.64, P.28): #A87F4C #3A281E #5C402B #7E5B3A #E0AE6B #6B3A15
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.58, P.27): #B67D36 #6B4C22 #8D6835 #EAA442 #985214 #4D3C22
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.32, P.17): #110F0D #2D221D #50514D #4B3530 #2B150E #502922
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.33, P.19): #3C4953 #222525 #0E1112 #253036 #7F6E60 #576775
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.24, P.11): #B7713D #AA2C28 #734831 #542A1F #892423 #3B221B
  • Album: Copies of Old Masters and Other Paintings (No.25, P.11): #311E14 #14100F #644B3E #A67C5F #D8AC7F #220F05
  • The Artist's Daughters: #32302B #B9A788 #513E2A #52564C #1E1D1C #967B55
  • Thomas Bewick (1814): #322817 #584428 #1C180D #AE886C #896144 #DAB393
  • The Brig (1906): #AB9C93 #6D6872 #8E827C #917657 #44342C #281E1B
  • Gertrude Jekyll (1920): #090D07 #AE9D88 #987858 #4E3415 #7A5939 #1A1006

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