Luc
Tuymans
Early Life and Influences Born: Mortsel, Belgium (14 June 1958) Family History: Tuymans' family history significantly shaped his perspective. His mother’s family was involved in the Dutch Resistance during World War II, while aspects of his father’s family had connections to Nazi ideology. This complex …
A portrait built from Luc Tuymans's own colours
Every 71 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.
