Joseph
Pitton de Tournefort
The Architect of the Natural Order In the golden age of scientific discovery, few figures cast as long a shadow over the natural world as Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Born in the sun-drenched landscape of Aix-en-Provence in 1656, his life was a profound testament to …
A portrait built from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort'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.