john callcott horsley — Palette Genome

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john
callcott horsley

1817 — 1903 · 19th Century

john callcott horsley ra at the royal academy.horsley married elvira walter in 1846 with whom he had three sons: edward (1848), frank (1849), and harry (1850). elvira died of consumption in 1852 followed by the deaths of edward and harry in 1854 and frank in …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from john callcott horsley's own colours

Every 7 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.

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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.

johncallcott horsley

A portrait built from john callcott horsley's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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