The Masters · Chromatic Profile
William
A. Thornley (Thornbery)
1857
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1935
· 19th Century
The Master of the Coastal Tide: The Life and Legacy of William A. Thornley In the golden age of British marine art, few artists captured the salt-sprayed romance of the shoreline with as much precision and soul as William Anslow Thornley. Known to many by …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from William A. Thornley (Thornbery)'s own colours
Every 49 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.
← Cool · Shadow
Warm · Earth
Gold · Light →
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot
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.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.