san
hunter-gatherer
The Eternal Echoes of San Artistry To encounter the art of the San hunter-gatherers is to step through a veil into one of the most profound and enduring spiritual landscapes on Earth. Representing one of the oldest surviving cultures in southern Africa, the San people—often …
A portrait built from san hunter-gatherer'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.