Paula
Rego
A Life Immersed in Story: The World of Paula Rego Dame Paula Rego, born Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1935 and passing away in London in 2022, stands as one of the most significant figures in late 20th and early 21st-century art. …
A portrait built from Paula Rego's own colours
Every 11 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.
