Yuan
Xikun
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Yuan Xikun (born 1944 in Kunming, Yunnan Province) traces his artistic lineage back to a family steeped in traditional Chinese painting traditions. From childhood, he exhibited an innate passion for art—a fascination fueled by observing the natural world and inspired …
A portrait built from Yuan Xikun's own colours
Every 18 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.
