The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Michel
Dorigny

1616 — 1665 · Early Modern

The Quiet Mastery of Michel Dorigny In the grand, often turbulent tapestry of the French Baroque era, where dramatic shadows and sweeping movements frequently commanded the viewer's attention, Michel Dorigny (1616–1665) carved out a unique and enduring niche. Born in Saint-Quentin, France, Dorigny emerged not …

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Michel Dorigny
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Michel Dorigny's own colours

Every 15 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
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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers