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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

james
ingram mcdonald

1865 — 1935 · 19th Century

James Ingram McDonald: A Pioneer of Māori Culture in Film and Art James Ingram McDonald (1865-1935) stands as a remarkably multifaceted figure in New Zealand’s artistic and cultural landscape – a painter, photographer, filmmaker, museum director, and, crucially, a passionate advocate for the preservation and …

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james ingram mcdonald
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from james ingram mcdonald's own colours

Every 5 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