The Masters · Chromatic Profile
John
Sydney Steel
1863
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1932
· 19th Century
A Pioneer of the Australian Wild: The Life and Legacy of John Sydney Steel In the golden era of late Victorian and Edwardian art, few painters captured the raw, breathing essence of the Australian wilderness as poignantly as John Sydney Steel. Born in Melbourne in …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from John Sydney Steel's own colours
Every 13 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.