Diego
Velázquez
Early Life, Family and Training in Seville Diego Velázquez was born in Seville, Spain, in 1599. He was the first child of Juan Rodríguez de Silva, a notary or lawyer, and Jerónima Velázquez. His arrival in the world was marked by his baptism at the …
A portrait built from Diego Velázquez's own colours
Every 100 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.