francis
towne
francis towne was a british watercolour landscape painter and teacher, who spent his career between his native london and exeter. towne travelled to italy in 1780-81, which was strongly formative for his style, perhaps as much for what he learned from other english watercolourists there …
A portrait built from francis towne's own colours
Every 9 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.
