Inventum,
Wim Rietveld
The Legacy of Functional Elegance: The Life of Wim Rietveld In the grand tapestry of Dutch modernism, few names resonate with as much quiet authority as Wim Rietveld. Born in 1924 in Utrecht, Wim was more than just a successor to a design dynasty; he …
A portrait built from Inventum, Wim Rietveld'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.