The Masters · Chromatic Profile
François
Lafon
1846
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1913
· 19th Century
Early Life, Family and Training François Lafon was born in Paris in 1846. He grew up in a household where the smell of oil and the sight of brushes were constant, as he was the fourth child of the painter Jacques-Émile Lafon. His father, who …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from François Lafon's own colours
Every 21 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.