John
Hoyland
A Life Immersed in Color: The Journey of John HoylandJohn Hoyland, born in Sheffield in 1934, emerged as one of Britain’s most significant abstract painters, a figure whose canvases vibrated with an audacious use of color and a profound commitment to the expressive potential of …
A portrait built from John Hoyland's own colours
Every 10 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.
