Frances
Macdonald
A Visionary of the Glasgow Style The story of Frances Macdonald is one of profound creative synergy and the ethereal beauty of the Glasgow Style. Born in 1873 in the industrial landscape of Wolverhampton, England, her life took a transformative turn when she moved to …
A portrait built from Frances Macdonald's own colours
Every 9 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.
