wu
chi-zeng
The Empress of Art and Ambition In the grand, sweeping tapestry of Chinese history, few figures loom as large or as controversially as Wu Zetian. Known to many as Wu Zhao, she was a woman who did not merely inhabit the halls of power but …
A portrait built from wu chi-zeng'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.