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Zhang Hong: Echoes of the Misty Mountains The world of Chinese ink painting often reveals itself through layers of subtle meaning, a quiet conversation between brushstroke and subject. Zhang Hong (1577–ca. 1652), a master of the Wu School during the late Ming Dynasty, embodies this …
A portrait built from zhang hong's own colours
Every 9 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.
