Lea
Nikel
A Life of Color and Movement Zhitomir, Ukraine, 1918. A child is born into a family that will soon move to Mandatory Palestine in 1920. This early displacement marks the beginning of a life defined by shifting borders and evolving perspectives. By 1935, the young …
A portrait built from Lea Nikel's own colours
Every 4 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.