Emily
Burling Waite
A Life Painted in Watercolor: Emily Burling Waite and the Virginia Landscape Emily Burling Waite (1887-1980) was an American artist whose work beautifully captured the genteel world of early 20th-century Virginia, alongside intimate portraits that reveal a keen sensitivity to her subjects. Though not widely …
A portrait built from Emily Burling Waite's own colours
Every 7 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.