Thomas
Baines
A Life Etched in Landscape: The World of Thomas Baines Thomas Baines, a name synonymous with 19th-century exploration and artistic dedication, was far more than simply a painter of exotic locales. Born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, in 1820, his journey began not amidst canvases and …
A portrait built from Thomas Baines'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.
