shang
dynasty
The Bronze Echoes of the Shang Dynasty To step into the world of the Shang Dynasty is to enter a realm where the boundaries between the earthly and the divine were forged in molten metal and inscribed upon bone. Nestled within the fertile embrace of …
A portrait built from shang dynasty's own colours
Every 2 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.