Gong
Kai
A Life of Quiet Resistance Gong Kai lived through the heavy transition from the Song to the Yuan dynasty. Born in Huaiyin, China, he was a man of significant presence, described as being eight chi tall with a long, magnificent beard. In his younger years, …
A portrait built from Gong Kai's own colours
Every 3 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.
