Yi
Han-cheol
A Brush Guided by Tradition In the waning years of the Joseon dynasty, a painter emerged whose hand could capture both the majesty of kings and the quietude of the natural world. Yi Han-cheol lived through a period of profound transition, serving as a court …
A portrait built from Yi Han-cheol'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.