harold
thornton
The Ethereal Architect: Harold Budd and the Sound of Inner Space Harold Budd, a name synonymous with ambient music’s most delicate and evocative expressions, occupies a unique position in the landscape of contemporary sound. While often categorized as a minimalist composer, such labels feel insufficient …
A portrait built from harold thornton'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.