ludovico
teixeira
The Cartographic Vision of Ludovico Teixeira In the golden age of maritime discovery, when the edges of the known world were still shrouded in mystery and myth, Ludovico Teixeira emerged as a vital architect of human understanding. Born in Lisbon in 1564, a city then …
A portrait built from ludovico teixeira'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.
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.
