Joy
Gregory
The Alchemist of Identity: The Art of Joy Gregory In the vast, shifting landscape of contemporary visual art, few voices resonate with as much profound complexity and technical versatility as Joy Gregory. Born in Bicester, United Kingdom, in 1959 to Jamaican parents, Gregory’s very existence …
A portrait built from Joy Gregory'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.