john
hoskins
A Life Etched in Miniature: The World of Sir John Hoskins The name Sir John Hoskins resonates through the annals of English portraiture, though perhaps less familiarly today than it once did. Born in Wells, Somerset, around 1589 or 1590, Hoskins wasn’t merely a painter; …
A portrait built from john hoskins'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.
