Daswanth
The Creative Spirit of the Mughal Era Daswanth was a Mughal-era painter serving under the emperor Akbar. Born the son of a palanquin-bearer, he was a Hindu who demonstrated a natural talent for painting and drawing on walls. This talent led him to be taught …
A portrait built from Daswanth's own colours
Every 4 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.