Pascal
Xavier Coste
The Architect of Shadows and Stone In the grand tapestry of nineteenth-century architectural history, few names evoke the romantic allure of discovery quite like Pascal Xavier Coste. Born in the vibrant maritime city of Marseille in 1787, the son of a prominent joiner, Coste possessed …
A portrait built from Pascal Xavier Coste's own colours
Every 16 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.
