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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

John
Sell Cotman

1782 — 1842 · 19th Century

A Norfolk Son: The Life and Art of John Sell CotmanJohn Sell Cotman, a name synonymous with the evocative landscapes and maritime scenes of early 19th-century England, emerged from the thriving artistic community of Norwich to become a pivotal figure in British Romanticism. Born on …

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John Sell Cotman
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from John Sell Cotman's own colours

Every 60 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