Juan de Pareja — Palette Genome

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Juan
de Pareja

1610 — 1670 · Early Modern

Juan de Pareja: Life and Legacy Early Life and Enslavement Born in Antequera, Spain, around 1610, Juan de Pareja began life under the constraints of slavery. His mother was an enslaved African-descended woman, and his father a Spanish man. He was identified as a “morisco,” …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Juan de Pareja'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.

Juande Pareja

A portrait built from Juan de Pareja's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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