john
joseph cotman
john sell cotman was an english marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, author and a leading member of the norwich school of painters.cotman was born in norwich, on 16 may 1782, the eldest son of a prosperous silk merchant and lace dealer. he was educated …
A portrait built from john joseph cotman's own colours
Every 1 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.
