yahya
ghaffari
early life and background yahya ghaffari, also known as yahya dhoka, was an iranian painter from the esteemed ghaffari family of kashan. born in 1850 in kashan, iran, and passing away in 1890 due to opium poisoning, yahya's life was marked by his european-style paintings …
A portrait built from yahya ghaffari'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.
