The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Gabriel
Metsu
1629
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1667
· Early Modern
The Life and Art of Gabriel Metsu Gabriel Metsu was a painter who moved through many different subjects. He did not settle on one way of working or one type of scene for long. His hands were as comfortable with history paintings and portraits as …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Gabriel Metsu's own colours
Every 100 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.