Amrita
Sher-Gil
A Life Bridging Worlds: The Story of Amrita Sher-Gil Amrita Sher-Gil, a name synonymous with the dawn of modern Indian art, was an artist whose brief but incandescent career left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape. Born in Budapest in 1913 to a fascinatingly …
A portrait built from Amrita Sher-Gil's own colours
Every 14 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.
