Merry-Joseph Blondel — Palette Genome

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Merry-Joseph
Blondel

1781 — 1853 · 19th Century

Early Life and Training Born: July 25, 1781, Paris, France Died: June 12, 1853, Paris, France Parents: Joseph-Armand Blondel (painter and stucco expert) and Marie-Geneviève Marchand. Early apprenticeship at the Dihl and Guerhard porcelain factory provided foundational drawing skills under Charles-Étienne Leguay. Studied with Baron …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Merry-Joseph Blondel's own colours

Every 3 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.

Merry-JosephBlondel

A portrait built from Merry-Joseph Blondel's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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Merry-Joseph
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