Bian
Shoumin
A Life Immersed in Blossoms: The World of Bian Shoumin Bian Shoumin (卞壽民), a name perhaps less familiar to Western audiences than some of his contemporaries, represents a pinnacle of delicate refinement within 18th-century Chinese painting. Born in 1684, during the reign of the Kangxi …
A portrait built from Bian Shoumin's own colours
Every 5 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.
