The Masters · Chromatic Profile

James
Irvine

1822 — 1889 · 19th Century

A life shaped by lines and logic James Irvine was an industrial designer. Born in London, he spent much of his career navigating the relationship between geometric forms and the people who use them. After studying at Kingston Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art …

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James Irvine
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from James Irvine's own colours

Every 31 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