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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

John
Hamilton Mortimer

1740 — 1779 · Early Modern

A Life Painted in Romantic Hues: John Hamilton Mortimer John Hamilton Mortimer, a name perhaps less instantly recognizable than his contemporaries like Reynolds or Wright of Derby, nevertheless occupies a significant and fascinating niche within the landscape of 18th-century British art. Born in Eastbourne in …

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John Hamilton Mortimer
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from John Hamilton Mortimer's own colours

Every 11 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