Ford
Motor Company. Photographic Department
The Ford Motor Company Photographic Department: Documenting the Rise of a Modern Icon The story of the Ford Motor Company is inextricably linked to the power of visual documentation, and at its heart lies the often-overlooked work of the company’s Photographic Department. More than simply …
A portrait built from Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department's own colours
Every 15 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.
