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A Life Woven in Ink: Exploring the Art of Song Nian Song Nian, born in Jiangsu Province, China, in 1911, was an artist whose journey spanned continents and traditions, ultimately culminating in a unique voice within Singaporean art. His early life was steeped in Buddhist …
A portrait built from song nian'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.
