Stanley
William Hayter
Early Life and Education Born: Hackney, United Kingdom, December 27, 1901 Family Background: Son of painter William Harry Hayter. Education: Received a degree in chemistry and geology from King’s College London. Early Career: Worked for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later BP) in Abadan, Iran, from …
A portrait built from Stanley William Hayter'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.
