The Masters · Chromatic Profile
karl
wirsum
1939
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2021
· Modern
was an american artist born in chicago in 1939. he died in may 2021 at the age of 81. karl wirsum was a member of the chicago artistic group the hairy who, and helped set the foundation for chicago's art scene in the 1970s. he …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from karl wirsum'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.
