Mohamed
Amin
The Eye of a Continent: The Legacy of Mohamed Amin In the vast, shifting tapestry of twentieth-century African history, few figures captured the raw, unvarnished pulse of the continent quite like Mohamed Amin. Born in 1943 in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Amin was more than a mere …
A portrait built from Mohamed Amin's own colours
Every 100 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.
