josefa
de óbidos
josefa de óbidos was a spanish-born portuguese painter. her birth name was josefa de ayala figueira, but she signed her work as 'josefa em óbidos' or 'josefa de ayalla'. all of her work was executed in portugal, her father's native country, where she lived from …
A portrait built from josefa de óbidos's own colours
Every 12 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.
