Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn — Palette Genome

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Peter
Vilhelm Carl Kyhn

1819 — 1903 · 19th Century

Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn: A Danish Landscape Painter Born: Copenhagen, Denmark (1819) Died: 1903 Early Life and Artistic Training Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn was born in Copenhagen to Carl Gottlieb Kyhn and Sara Marie. His father initially discouraged his artistic aspirations, leading him to first …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn'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.

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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.