olmec
Introduction: The Olmec Art Style and Its Significance The Olmec civilization, flourishing in Mesoamerica between approximately 1600 BC and 400 BC, remains one of the most enigmatic cultures of antiquity. Despite the considerable effort expended by archaeologists and art historians over decades to reconstruct its …
A portrait built from olmec'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.
