Nicolas-Antoine Taunay — Palette Genome

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Nicolas-Antoine
Taunay

1755 — 1830 · Early Modern

A Life Immersed in Light and Landscape Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, born in Paris in 1755, emerged from an artistic lineage—his father, Pierre-Henri Taunay, was a skilled enamel painter. This early exposure to the visual arts laid a foundational stone for young Nicolas’s future path. He formally …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Nicolas-Antoine Taunay's own colours

Every 8 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.

Nicolas-AntoineTaunay

A portrait built from Nicolas-Antoine Taunay's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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Nicolas-Antoine
Taunay