James
Herring
The Life and Legacy of James Herring Born in London on January 12, 1794, James Herring was an artist whose life journey mirrored the expanding horizons of the nineteenth-century Atlantic world. Though his roots were English, his spirit was profoundly shaped by the American landscape …
A portrait built from James Herring's own colours
Every 6 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.