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Deng Erya: A Master of Chinese Calligraphy and Literary Craft Born in Beijing in 1884, Deng Erya (邓艾雅) emerged as a pivotal figure in late Qing and early Republican China – a polymath whose talents spanned calligraphy, seal engraving, painting, poetry, and philology. More than …
A portrait built from deng erya'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.
