blinky
palermo
blinky palermo was a german abstract painter.palermo was born peter schwarze in leipzig, germany, in 1943, and adopted as an infant, with his twin brother, michael, by foster parents named heisterkamp. he adopted his outlandish name in 1964, during his studies with bruno goller and …
A portrait built from blinky palermo'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.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
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.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
