John
Wootton
A Pioneer of Sporting Art: The Life and Legacy of John Wootton John Wootton, born around 1686 in the picturesque Warwickshire village of Snitterfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon, emerged as a pivotal figure in the burgeoning world of British sporting art. While the precise details of his …
A portrait built from John Wootton's own colours
Every 17 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.
