jose
guadalupe posada
The Soul of Mexican Satire: The Life and Legacy of José Guadalupe Posada In the vibrant, often turbulent tapestry of late 19th-century Mexico, few figures loom as large or as hauntingly beautiful as José Guadalupe Posada. A master of the print, an engraver of profound …
A portrait built from jose guadalupe posada's own colours
Every 7 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.
