Dame
Laura Knight
Early Life and Education Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) was born Laura Johnson on August 4, 1877, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, the youngest of three daughters. Her father, Charles Johnson, abandoned the family shortly after her birth, leaving her mother, Charlotte Johnson, to raise them …
A portrait built from Dame Laura Knight's own colours
Every 29 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.
