david
octavius hill
David Octavius Hill: Pioneer of Scottish Photography David Octavius Hill (1802 – 1870) stands as a monumental figure in the history of photography, alongside his collaborator Robert Adamson, marking the genesis of Scotland’s photographic art movement and establishing a uniquely expressive aesthetic that would profoundly …
A portrait built from david octavius hill's own colours
Every 7 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.
