spy
From Graffiti Rebel to Urban Alchemist: The Evolution of SpY Born in Madrid, Spain, in 1969, SpY emerged from the vibrant and often clandestine world of 1980s Spanish graffiti. While many artists of that era sought anonymity or outright defiance, even then a unique sensibility …
A portrait built from spy'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.
