montu
chitrakar
montu chitrakar, also known as mantu chitrakar, is a traditional scroll painter from west bengal, india. he was born in the 1960s in naya and learned to paint and draw as a child. he is known for his intricate and colorful scroll paintings, which often …
A portrait built from montu chitrakar'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.
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.
