It was about time to put some art in Excel. I chose the Night Watch, because everyone knows this work. And because both Rembrandt and I were both born in Leiden. Now you will probably say, well, inserting a picture in Excel, is that so special? No, of course that’s nothing special. What makes this “painting” special is that there are 1680 x 1057 cells coloured in Excel. And in such a way that it forms the Nachtwacht.
Recreating The Nachtwacht in Excel
I had to make some concessions to quality.
It was either stain less cells or use less colours.
I chose the latter.
As far as I know you can “only” use a maximum of 64,000 different colours (formats) in Excel.
Dus i.p.v. 256256256 = 16.777.216 kleuren, heb ik ervoor gezorgd dat er maximaal ongeveer 16.000 kleuren gebruikt zijn.
And this was the result:
