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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

colvin
smith

1795 — 1875 · 19th Century

Colvin Smith (1795–1875): A Scottish Master of Portraiture and Landscape Colvin Smith (1795–1875) stands as a pivotal figure in 19th-century Scottish art, renowned primarily for his exquisitely crafted portraits—particularly those depicting literary luminaries like Robert Burns and Walter Scott—and his evocative landscapes capturing the beauty …

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colvin smith
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from colvin smith's own colours

Every 9 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