Jinwu
The Poet Painter of Lingnan: The Life and Legacy of Jinwu In the vibrant cultural landscape of 17th-century China, few figures captured the spiritual and rhythmic essence of the era as profoundly as Jinwu. Born Shi Jinwu in 1633 within the Guangdong Province, he emerged …
A portrait built from Jinwu'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.
