Early Life, Family and Training Born in Edinburgh in 1816, Alexander Johnston was the son of an architect. This familial connection to the structural and the measured likely influenced his early development. At the age of fifteen, his path took a turn toward the precision …
Every 2 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.
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.