william
brown macdougall
A Life Etched in Shadow and Light: The World of William Brown Macdougall William Brown Macdougall, born in Glasgow on December 16th, 1868, was an artist whose name may not be as instantly recognizable as some of his contemporaries, yet his contributions to the aesthetic …
A portrait built from william brown macdougall's own colours
Every 3 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.