The Masters · Chromatic Profile

James
Herring

1794 — 1867 · 19th Century

The Life and Legacy of James Herring Born in London on January 12, 1794, James Herring was an artist whose life journey mirrored the expanding horizons of the nineteenth-century Atlantic world. Though his roots were English, his spirit was profoundly shaped by the American landscape …

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James Herring
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from James Herring's own colours

Every 6 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
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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