Illustrator Art History Swatches

Hi there,
Does anyone know how the illustrator developers decided on the colors used in the swatches that make up the art history default swatches? Do you know if an algorithm of some sort was used, or if the colors were chosen just on a subjective idea of what colors were used in artworks created during that era?
Or, does anyone know the best person to contact in order to find this out?
Thanks!

I am trying to continue to paint with the Art History Brush. As per the picture caption you can see how much I need to finish (image with out background).
Duplicating the Background layer and taking a new Snapshot in the History panel works but it doesn't fill in all the white spaces as something is in the first layer that was created yesterday.

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