john
clayton adams
John Clayton Adams: A Painter of Surrey’s Gentle Beauty John Clayton Adams (1840 – 1906) was an English landscape artist whose prolific output cemented his place as one of the foremost painters of Victorian Britain. Born in Edmonton, Middlesex, he possessed a keen eye for …
A portrait built from john clayton adams's own colours
Every 8 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.