john
ford
Early Life and Artistic Heritage John Martin Feeney, known universally as John Ford, was born on February 1, 1894, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, though the precise details of his birth were often embellished by the director himself—a habit that would become characteristic throughout his life. …
A portrait built from john ford'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.
