Walter
Hawley Yarwood
The Architect of Color: The Life and Legacy of Walter Hawley Yarwood In the vibrant tapestry of mid-twentieth-century Canadian art, few threads are as structurally profound or coloristically rich as those woven by Walter Hawley Yarwood. Born in Toronto in 1917, Yarwood’s journey was one …
A portrait built from Walter Hawley Yarwood's own colours
Every 3 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.