Yüan
Yao
The Master of Fine Lines: The Life and Legacy of Yüan Yao In the storied annals of the Qing Dynasty, few artists captured the delicate intersection of realism and tradition as exquisitely as yüan yao. Born in the vibrant cultural hub of Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, …
A portrait built from Yüan Yao's own colours
Every 1 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.
