The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Michael
Upton
1938
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2002
· Modern
Early Life, Training and Education Michael Upton was born in Birmingham in 1938. His early years were spent in the Midlands, where he began his formal training at the Birmingham College of Art. He remained there from 1954 until 1958, developing the foundational skills that …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Michael Upton's own colours
Every 5 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.