brownie
mcghee
brownie mcghee was an american folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known as half of the duo sonny terry and brownie mcghee. born in knoxville, tennessee, he moved to new york city in 1940, where he met harmonica player sonny terry. the two began performing together …
A portrait built from brownie mcghee'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.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
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.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
