William
Foster Nye
William Foster Nye: The Lubricating Oil Pioneer Early Life and Background Born: Pocasset, Massachusetts, 1824. Died: New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1910. William Foster Nye began his career as an American businessman with a keen eye for opportunity. His early ventures involved establishing an oil and kerosene …
A portrait built from William Foster Nye'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.
