The Met Collection

Every square you see is an artwork from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's open-access collection, colored by its dominant hue.

Scroll to see hundreds of objects sorted by hue, date, culture, and medium.

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Color Spectrum

Each artwork's dominant color is extracted by sampling the most saturated tone from its image. Sorted by hue, with lightness as a tiebreaker.

5,000 Years of Art

Sorted by creation date, from ancient Egyptian artifacts to modern paintings. Each row reads left to right through time.

Cultures & Nations

Grouped by culture of origin. Notice how color palettes differ.

Materials & Media

Grouped by material—oil on canvas, woodblock print, silver, ceramic. The medium shapes the palette.

Data Sources

Artwork data from the Met Museum Collection API and Open Access CSV.

Dominant colors extracted with colorgram.py.