The Masters · Chromatic Profile
David
Low
1891
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1963
· Modern
early life and career sir david alexander cecil low, a prominent new zealand-born cartoonist, was born in 1891. he began his career as a self-taught cartoonist, working in his native country before moving to sydney in 1911. eventually, he settled in london in 1919, where …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from David Low's own colours
Every 1 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.