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Zhu
Di

1360 — 1424 · Late Medieval

The Sovereign of the Ming Zhu Di was not a visual artist in the traditional sense, but rather the third emperor of China's Ming dynasty, known to history by his era name, the Yongle Emperor. His life was defined by power, conquest, and an unparalleled …

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Zhu Di
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Zhu Di'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

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.

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

The signature, in numbers