The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Auguste
Roux
1790
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1876
· 19th Century
The Parisian Canvas Paris, 1790. The city breathes through the streets of the Petit-Bourbon-Saint-Sulpice, where Auguste-Jean-Simon Roux enters the world. He is the son of Simon Roux, a master jeweler and captain aide-major of the Cordeliers battalion, and Marie Geneviève Tournade. His life begins in …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Auguste Roux's own colours
Every 2 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
← Cool · Shadow
Warm · Earth
Gold · Light →
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.