William
Keith
A Scottish Soul in the California Landscape William Keith, born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1838, was an artist whose life became inextricably linked with the dramatic beauty of the American West. His story is one of migration, artistic evolution, and a deep spiritual connection …
A portrait built from William Keith's own colours
Every 28 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.
