luba
people
The Enduring Legacy of the Luba People The story of art is often told through individual masters, but sometimes it’s a collective spirit—a shared aesthetic and deeply rooted cultural tradition—that defines an artistic legacy. Such is the case with the Luba people, or Baluba, indigenous …
A portrait built from luba people's own colours
Every 2 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.
