matthijs
harings
Giuseppe Arcimboldo: The Master of Impossibility Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) wasn’t merely a painter; he was an illusionist, a master of visual paradox. Born in Milan during a period of artistic flourishing, Arcimboldo defied conventional portraiture by transforming the familiar into the fantastical – creating elaborate, …
A portrait built from matthijs harings'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.
