Tom
Thomson
A Pioneer of the Canadian Wilderness Thomas John Thomson, known simply as Tom Thomson to generations of Canadians, remains a pivotal and somewhat enigmatic figure in the nation’s artistic heritage. Though his active career spanned only a handful of years – tragically cut short at …
A portrait built from Tom Thomson's own colours
Every 44 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.
