nicolas tournier — Palette Genome

The Masters · Chromatic Profile

nicolas
tournier

1590 — 1639 · Early Modern

The Shadow and the Light: The Baroque Vision of Nicolas Tournier In the dramatic landscape of the seventeenth century, few artists captured the profound tension between divine light and earthly shadow as effectively as Nicolas Tournier. Born in Montbéliard, France, around 1590, Tournier emerged during …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from nicolas tournier's own colours

Every 30 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.

nicolastournier

A portrait built from nicolas tournier's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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