James
Paterson
James Paterson: A Highland Visionary James Paterson (1854-1932) stands as a pivotal figure in late 19th and early 20th century Scottish landscape painting, a master of capturing the elusive beauty and dramatic light of Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire, and Edinburgh. Often categorized within the influential ‘Glasgow Boys’ …
A portrait built from James Paterson'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.
