John
Hoppner
a life of artistry and royal patronage john hoppner, a prominent english portrait painter, left an indelible mark on the art world with his vibrant colour palette. born in whitechapel, london, in 1758 to german parents, hoppner's life was marked by royal patronage and artistic …
A portrait built from John Hoppner'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.
