Apelles of Kos
Greek painter Apelles
He probably used only a small variety of colours. Simplicity of design, beauty of line, and charm of expression were supposedly his chief merits. About an Ancient Greek painter who had miraculous abilities with a remarkably limited set of four colours: Using only red, yellow, black, and white paint.
This mural from Pompeii is believed to be based on Apelles' Venus Anadyomene, brought to Rome by Augustus.
Reconstruction of a mosaic depiction of the Battle of Issus after a painting supposed to be by Apelles or Philoxenus of Eretria found in the House of the Faun at Pompeii