János
Thain
Early Life, Family and Training János Thain was born on September 5, 1885, in Nové Zámky, Slovakia. His early years were spent in the village of Semerovo, a place where he first encountered the visual language of folk creativity. This early exposure to local craftsmanship …
A portrait built from János Thain's own colours
Every 39 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.