Jan
van Eyck
The Alchemist of Light To look at a Jan van Eyck painting is to witness the moment Western art stopped pretending and started observing. We often hear the myth that he invented oil paint, but the truth is more grounded and far more impressive: he …
A portrait built from Jan van Eyck'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.
