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King
Hyojong

1619 — 1659 · Early Modern

The Poet Warrior: The Dual Legacy of King Hyojong In the turbulent landscape of 17th-century East Asia, few figures embody the tension between martial duty and lyrical grace as profoundly as King Hyojong of Joseon. Born Yi Ho in Seoul in 1619, his life was …

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King Hyojong
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from King Hyojong'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.

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Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers