Victor
Orsel
Early Life, Family and Training Victor Orsel was born on 25 May 1795 in Oullins, France, into a merchant family from the Dauphiné region. His upbringing was shaped by the industrious atmosphere of Lyon, where his father, Jacques Orsel, worked as a gauze manufacturer. Life …
A portrait built from Victor Orsel's own colours
Every 3 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.