Joseph
Wright av Derby
The Luminary of Derby: Joseph Wright and the Dawn of the Industrial Age Joseph Wright, känd som “Wright of Derby,” var mer än bara en målare; han var en visuell filosof som fångade ett avgörande ögonblick i mänsklighetens existens. Född 1734 mitt i den blomstrande …
A portrait built from Joseph Wright av Derby's own colours
Every 100 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.
