Francis
Bacon
The Brutality of the Human Image To look at a Francis Bacon canvas is to encounter a direct assault on the nervous system. He did not seek to decorate; he sought to capture the raw, often terrifying reality of existence through a distinctive and disturbing …
A portrait built from Francis Bacon's own colours
Every 100 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.