oltos
Oltos: The Silent Maestro of Athenian Red-Figure Painting Oltos remains an enigma to art historians, a shadowy figure whose output—approximately 150 vases—offers tantalizing glimpses into the artistic landscape of Late Archaic Athens. Unlike many contemporaries who achieved fame through collaborative workshops and prolific production, Olthos’s …
A portrait built from oltos's own colours
Every 2 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.
