Charles Fairfax Murray — Palette Genome

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Charles
Fairfax Murray

1849 — 1919 · 19th Century

early life and education charles fairfax murray, a renowned english painter, dealer, collector, benefactor, and art historian, was born in 1849 in bow, near london. he grew up in sudbury, suffolk, where he studied drawing, possibly under thomas gainsborough's great nephew, gainsborough dupont. artistic career …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Charles Fairfax Murray's own colours

Every 6 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.

Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers

The Source Works

Where the colour came from

Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.

CharlesFairfax Murray

A portrait built from Charles Fairfax Murray's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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