roderick
macdonald
Roderick Macdonald: Architect of Naval Intimacy Roderick Douglas Macdonald, a name perhaps less familiar to the general public than some of his contemporaries, stands as a profoundly significant figure in 20th-century British art. Born in Batavia, Indonesia, in 1921 – a detail often overlooked – …
A portrait built from roderick macdonald'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.