The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Frida
Kahlo

1907 — 1954 · Modern

Early Life and Family Background Coyoacán, Mexico City, provides the setting for the birth of Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón on July 6, 1907. Her household is a convergence of different lineages. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, works as a German-Mexican photographer. Her mother, Matilde, …

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Frida Kahlo
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Frida Kahlo'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.

← 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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers