may
howard jackson
may howard jackson was an african american sculptor and artist. she was born on september 7, 1877, in washington, d.c., and died on july 12, 1931. active in the new negro movement and prominent in washington, d.c.'s african american intellectual circle in the period 1910-30, …
A portrait built from may howard jackson'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.
