mabel
frances layng
Mabel Frances Layng: A Victorian Observer of Everyday Life Mabel Frances Layng (9 November 1881 – December 1937) emerges from the annals of British art as a quietly significant observer of early 20th-century life. Often overshadowed by her contemporaries, Layng’s work offers a delicate yet …
A portrait built from mabel frances layng's own colours
Every 6 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.
