sir james guthrie — Palette Genome

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sir
james guthrie

1859 — 1930 · 19th Century

early life and education sir james guthrie was a scottish painter, born on june 10, 1859, in greenock. he originally enrolled at glasgow university to study law but abandoned this in favor of painting. unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not study in paris …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from sir james guthrie'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.

sirjames guthrie

A portrait built from sir james guthrie's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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