nelson
atkins museum of art
The Legacy of a City: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, a city forged in the spirit of westward expansion and fueled by the promise of opportunity, owes a profound debt to its art museum – the Nelson-Atkins. More than just a repository of …
A portrait built from nelson atkins museum of art'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.
