The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Wilhelm
Smith
1867
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1949
· 19th Century
A Life in Color and Instruction Wilhelm Smith was a Swedish painter and drawing teacher who held the position of professor of painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm. During his tenure as professor, which lasted from 1913 to 1932, he taught for …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Wilhelm Smith'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.