The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Tarō
Okamoto
1911
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1996
· Modern
Early Life and Education Born: Kawasaki, Japan (1911) Died: 1996 Okamoto Tarō began taking lessons in oil painting from the artist Wada Eisaku in 1927. In 1929, he entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (later Tokyo University of the Arts) in the oil painting …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Tarō Okamoto'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.
← Cool · Shadow
Warm · Earth
Gold · Light →
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot
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.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.