yüan
yao
yüan yao, also known as yuan yao, was a renowned chinese landscape painter who lived during the qing dynasty (1644–1912). born in yangzhou, jiangsu province, china, yuan yao was part of an artistic family and took his art name as niyuzhe. his courtesy name was …
A portrait built from yüan yao'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.
