Qi
Baishi
Qi Baishi: A Life in Watercolor and Observation Born: Xiangtan, China (1864) Died: 1957 Qi Baishi was a celebrated Chinese painter renowned for his distinctive watercolor style characterized by whimsical depictions of everyday life. Born into a peasant family in Hunan province, his journey to …
A portrait built from Qi Baishi's own colours
Every 58 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.
