yahya
ibn osman
**early life and training** yahya ibn osman, also known as yahya fahreddin, was a renowned turkish calligrapher born in istanbul in 1700. he was a student of anbarizade dervish ali and later huseyn habli, and was granted a license in 1723. **artistic contributions** yahya ibn …
A portrait built from yahya ibn osman'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.