Karl
Wilhelm Diefenbach
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Born on February 21, 1851, in Hadamar, Germany (though often cited as Bad Homburg). Early artistic promise led him to study at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He was deeply impressed by the works …
A portrait built from Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach's own colours
Every 2 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.