Giacomo
Balla
Early Life and Training Born: Turin, Italy (July 18, 1871) Died: 1958 Giacomo Balla was born into a family with artistic connections; his father was a photographer. Initially studied music until the age of nine. Following his father's passing, he worked in a lithograph print …
A portrait built from Giacomo Balla's own colours
Every 37 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.
