Wen
Zhengming
Wen Zhengming: A Life Dedicated to Art and Scholarship Born: November 28, 1470 (Wen Bi), near present-day Suzhou, China Died: March 28, 1559 Origin: AllPaintingsStore Wen Zhengming was a towering figure in Ming dynasty art, renowned as a painter, calligrapher, and poet. He is considered …
A portrait built from Wen Zhengming's own colours
Every 10 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.
