William
Delacour
A Life in Motion William Delacour lived a life that moved across borders and through many different forms of visual expression. Born in France around 1700, he eventually found his way to Great Britain, where he began making his mark on the theatrical world. By …
A portrait built from William Delacour's own colours
Every 1 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.