Thornton
Dial
Early Life and the Seeds of Creation Thornton Dial, born in 1928 amidst the cotton fields of Ewloe, Alabama, emerged from a landscape steeped in hardship and resilience. His beginnings were profoundly shaped by the realities of the Jim Crow South – raised initially by …
A portrait built from Thornton Dial's own colours
Every 3 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.
