david
hammons
david hammons is an american artist especially known for his works in and around new york city and los angeles during the 1970s and 1980s.david hammons was born in 1943 in springfield, illinois, the youngest of ten children of a single mother. in 1962 he …
A portrait built from david hammons's own colours
Every 2 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.
