liáng
kǎi
The Spirit of the Unrestrained Brush: The Life of Liang Kai In the storied annals of the Southern Song Dynasty, few names evoke as much intrigue and spontaneous energy as Liáng Kǎi. Known to history by the evocative moniker “Madman Liang,” he was an artist …
A portrait built from liáng kǎi's own colours
Every 2 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.
