gertrude
jekyll
gertrude jekyll was a british horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. she created over 400 gardens in the united kingdom, europe and the united states, and wrote over 1,000 articles for magazines such as country life and william robinson's the garden. jekyll has …
A portrait built from gertrude jekyll's own colours
Every 1 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.
