adolphus
knell
William Adolphus Knell: A Mariner's Vision William Adolphus Knell (1801 – 9 July 1875) was a prolific British maritime painter who achieved considerable renown during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Born in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, he possessed an innate fascination for the …
A portrait built from adolphus knell's own colours
Every 25 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.
