Fra
Angelico
Early Life and Spiritual Formation Born Giovanni da Fiesole around 1395 in the Tuscan hills near Florence, Fra Angelico’s early life remains shrouded in a gentle obscurity that seems fitting for an artist whose work would become synonymous with ethereal beauty and devout spirituality. Little …
A portrait built from Fra Angelico'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.
