John
Mackie Falconer
John Mackie Falconer: A Pioneer of Ruin and Light Born in the bustling heart of Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 22, 1820, John Mackie Falconer’s artistic journey began amidst a landscape steeped in both industrial progress and fading grandeur. His early life provided little indication of …
A portrait built from John Mackie Falconer'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.
