Charles
Clair
Early Life, Family and Training Born on September 16, 1860, in the French village of Mars-sur-Allier, Charles Clair was the son of a farmer named Léon Clair and a woman named Marie Breu. His early years were shaped by the rhythms of rural life, rooted …
A portrait built from Charles Clair'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.