william
james linton
william james linton was an english-born american wood-engraver, landscape painter, political reformer and author of memoirs, novels, poetry and non-fiction.born in mile end, east london, his family moved to stratford, essex in 1818. the young linton was educated at chigwell grammar school, an early 17th-century …
A portrait built from william james linton's own colours
Every 3 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.