The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Mary
Sibande

1982 · Contemporary

The Weaver of Memory and Identity Born in the historic landscape of Barberton, South Africa, in 1982, Mary Sibande has emerged as one of the most profound voices in contemporary global art. Her life and work are inextricably linked to the complex tapestry of postcolonial …

0
works with colour data
mean hue
0%
mean saturation
Mary Sibande
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Mary Sibande's own colours

Every 3 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

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

Four-Colour Decomposition
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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers