nam
gye-woo
Nam Gye-woo: Echoes of Elegance in Korean Butterfly Art Nam Gye-woo (허남준, born June 9, 1811 – died 1888) stands as a pivotal figure in late Joseon art, celebrated primarily for his exquisite depictions of butterflies—a motif that embodies grace, transformation, and profound symbolic meaning …
A portrait built from nam gye-woo'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.
