pol de limbourg — Palette Genome

The Masters · Chromatic Profile

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de limbourg

1385 — 1416 · Renaissance

Pol de Limbourg: Weaver of Light and Life in Medieval Burgundy The name Pol de Limbourg resonates through the annals of late medieval art, inextricably linked to one of the most breathtaking achievements in illuminated manuscript production: the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from pol de limbourg'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.

polde limbourg

A portrait built from pol de limbourg's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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