hugo lafayette black — Palette Genome

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hugo
lafayette black

1886 — 1971 · Modern

hugo lafayette black was an american lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a u.s. senator from alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court from 1937 to 1971. born on february 27, 1886, in harlan, clay county, …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from hugo lafayette black'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.

hugolafayette black

A portrait built from hugo lafayette black's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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