Faustin
Elmer Chaudhry
The Lens of a Pictorial Historian Faustin Elmer Chaudhry, affectionately known to many as Chacha, was not a painter but a pioneering photojournalist whose camera served as a vital witness to the birth and evolution of a nation. Born in Saharanpur, British India, his journey …
A portrait built from Faustin Elmer Chaudhry'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.