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Sylvia
Heyden

1927 — 2015 · Modern

early life and artistic beginnings sylvia heyden, a swiss-born tapestry weaver, was born in 1927. her early life was marked by a passion for music, which would later influence her approach to tapestry weaving. heyden played the violin and later took up piano, developing a …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Sylvia Heyden'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.

Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers

The Source Works

Where the colour came from

Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.

Sylvia
Heyden

A portrait built from Sylvia Heyden's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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SylviaHeyden

A portrait built from Sylvia Heyden's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

Sylvia
Heyden