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Ville
Tops

1929 — 2010 · Modern

Early Life and Artistic Training Ville Tops was born on September 21, 1929, in Tallinn, Estonia. His early years were marked by movement, as he eventually sought asylum in Sweden during the Second World War. Before finding his way into the studio, he spent time …

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Ville Tops
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Ville Tops'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers