cliff holden — Palette Genome

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cliff
holden

1919 — 2020 · Modern

Cliff Holden (1919–2020): Pioneer of Borough and London Groups Cliff Holden FCSD (December 12, 1919 – April 20, 2020) was a British painter, designer, and silk-screen printer whose career spanned decades and cemented his place as a significant figure in postwar British art. Born in …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from cliff holden's own colours

Every 2 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.

cliffholden

A portrait built from cliff holden's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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