The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Thomas
Faed

1826 — 1900 · 19th Century

A Legacy of Scottish Sentiment Thomas Faed holds a singular place in the annals of Scottish art, often described with the profound reverence that one might accord to Robert Burns’s impact on Scottish song. Born in Kirkcudbrightshire at Barlay Mill, Faed was part of a …

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Thomas Faed
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Thomas Faed's own colours

Every 63 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