Raoul
Dufy
A Life Immersed in Color and Light Raoul Dufy, born in the port city of Le Havre, Normandy, in 1877, was an artist whose name became synonymous with joy, vibrancy, and a distinctly French *joie de vivre*. His journey began not amidst palettes and easels, …
A portrait built from Raoul Dufy's own colours
Every 100 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.
