John
Humphrey Spender
John Humphrey Spender (1910–2005): A Photographer's Vision of Everyday Life John Humphrey Spender was a British photographer, painter, and designer whose work captured the spirit of post-war Britain and explored themes of humanism and social realism. Born in London in 1910, he descended from German …
A portrait built from John Humphrey Spender's own colours
Every 4 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.
