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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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Yves Tanguy

Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy, known as just Yves Tanguy, was a French Surrealist painter, known for his abstract landscapes.

Palette: #887863 #B0A89A #59534C #0F0D0B #DED0B6 #CBB386 #A3703F #794221

  • Rue de la Santé 151228 (1925): #352F29 #8B8479 #5C5750 #C5BDAF #95A4B3 #D8BF8A
  • Yves Tanguy. Objects, the Tranquility and the Boredom of the Infinite (1934): #E0D7BD #867F74 #B5AF9F #3B322B #1E1714 #575047
  • Fraud in the Garden (1930): #E8CEA9 #12100D #8F7968 #CBAF93 #513F35 #2A1F19
  • Multiple Languages: Vite! Vite! (1926): #5F554C #3B3731 #292621 #584034 #703F2F #83796E
  • Ot (1929): #ADA48B #75684C #98835F #564D3A #8A8D85 #3D3A2F
  • Still and Always (1942): #120D07 #DED9B7 #9FA489 #3A3F22 #27281A #868C51
  • Belomanzia I (1927): #E4D1BB #241E18 #958D7D #9F6F3B #54534E #6F4722
  • Costruire e Distruggere (1940): #CDD1D4 #120A09 #897E76 #B1C2E1 #5C4A3E #291A17
  • Costruire e Distruggere (1940): #A6A9A6 #CEDBE0 #52453F #756A5F #2B1913 #442C24
  • Divilibilità Indefinita (1942): #B3AFBA #110D0C #7F92AA #544A4A #917E7C #D3AE95
  • Gli Avversari II, 1942 (Berlino, Coll Pietzsch) (1942): #B8C1CB #86888F #0B0708 #201B1B #5F6066 #674424
  • Il Cuore della Torre (1933): #AEAEAC #3B2F28 #7D8084 #754120 #9D6239 #3D4147
  • Il Cuore della Torre (1933): #5D5044 #857463 #39302A #4D5D69 #2A211C #A79C8F
  • Il Cuore della Torre (1933): #625C53 #403C37 #292522 #BBB5AA #9A958C #7D5640
  • In Un Luogo Indeterminato, 1941 Marzo (1941): #B5BED4 #696364 #849DD1 #3A373B #99989F #8F7B5E
  • La Gru di Sabbia (1946): #937A63 #664F3E #B9A794 #443026 #D7C9BC #09080B
  • La Morte Guardando la Sua Famiglia (1927): #9AA8B6 #252B2D #0D1619 #6E8298 #E9DACC #504C48
  • La Tempesta (Paesaggio Nero) (1926): #1C1813 #B89883 #3B342D #733811 #955620 #916648
  • Mai Più, 1939 (Edimburgo, Scottish Ng of Ma) (1939): #B9C3B1 #84959A #62646A #ADA179 #4C484D #351F10
  • Senza Titolo (1927): #090704 #63655F #D4A87C #3E3D39 #A07453 #28221E
  • Senza Titolo (1935): #D2B883 #080804 #A38454 #4C3624 #281B0F #80613D
  • Senza Titolo (1938): #D4C7BB #B6A699 #938570 #776B52 #5C4D37 #39281A
  • Senza Titolo (1940): #C8D2B5 #564C45 #2E2A28 #8E7D6B #0F0F13 #C2C3C2
  • Senza Titolo O Composizione Surrealista, 1927(berlino, Coll. Pietzsch) (1927): #4E4A44 #98897A #34332F #5F686E #85939B #756758
  • Titolo Ignoto (1928): #AB9A94 #806E66 #514642 #986B30 #553013 #75471D
  • La Lumière, la Solitude la Lumière, la Solitude (1940): #A2A89E #999B7B #978A7F #65625F #8EA1A9 #A2757C
  • Lempalmage054426) (1935): #C2B78C #74674D #4D4B46 #988863 #898D8B #383530

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