Louis
John Steele
A Life Between Continents Louis John Steele was a man whose life was shaped by the movement of people and the shifting borders of Europe and the Pacific. Born in Reigate, Surrey, on 30 January 1842, he carried the traditions of his English roots into …
A portrait built from Louis John Steele's own colours
Every 12 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.