john
clayton adams
A Painter of Surrey’s Gentle Beauty John Clayton Adams, a name synonymous with the pastoral serenity of Victorian England, possessed an extraordinary ability to translate the quiet rhythms of the countryside into enduring visual poetry. Born in 1840 in Edmonton, Middlesex, Adams emerged from a …
A portrait built from john clayton adams's own colours
Every 19 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.