samson, edmé et cie — Palette Genome

The Masters · Chromatic Profile

samson,
edmé et cie

1810 — 1891 · 19th Century

The Parisian Master of Imitation: Edmé Samson and the Art of Reproduction Edmé Samson, born in Paris in 1810, occupies a fascinatingly ambiguous position in the history of ceramics. He wasn’t a creator of wholly original forms, but rather a remarkably skilled interpreter—a copyist who …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from samson, edmé et cie's own colours

Every 1 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.

samson,edmé et cie

A portrait built from samson, edmé et cie's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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samson,
edmé et cie