Tyko
Sallinen
A life shaped by shadows and cloth Tyko Konstantin Sallinen was born in Nurmes, Finland, into a family of tailors. His early years were spent in Haparanda, Sweden, under the strict gaze of a father who practiced a fundamentalist faith. This childhood was marked by …
A portrait built from Tyko Sallinen's own colours
Every 42 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.