andrés
de olmos
Andrés de Olmos: Pioneer of Nahuatl Linguistics and Mexican Ethnohistory Andrés de Olmos (c.1485 – 8 October 1571) stands as a singular figure in the annals of Spanish Renaissance scholarship and Mexican history, primarily recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to the study of indigenous languages—particularly …
A portrait built from andrés de olmos'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.
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.