William
Frend De Morgan
A Life Immersed in Pattern and Innovation William Frend De Morgan, born in London in 1839, was a figure who defied easy categorization. He wasn’t simply a potter, nor merely a tile designer, or even solely a novelist—he was a polymath whose artistic spirit permeated …
A portrait built from William Frend De Morgan's own colours
Every 4 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.