Doel
Reed
Doel Reed: A Pioneer of American Aquatint Doel Reed was an American painter, printmaker, and teacher born in Logansport, Indiana on May 21, 1894. He began art lessons at the John Herron Art Museum while in grade school, marking the genesis of a lifelong passion …
A portrait built from Doel Reed'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.