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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

barbara
balmer

1929 — 2017 · Modern

Barbara Balmer (1929–2017): A Tuscan Soul Captured in Watercolor Barbara Balmer RSA (September 23, 1929 – December 31, 2017) was a Scottish artist and teacher whose distinctive watercolor paintings—characterized by serene landscapes imbued with subtle color palettes—earned her recognition as one of Scotland’s foremost practitioners …

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barbara balmer
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from barbara balmer'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers