Samuel
Colman
A Life Painted in Light: The World of Samuel Colman Samuel Colman, born in Portland, Maine, in 1832, was a figure who gracefully navigated the evolving currents of 19th-century American art. He wasn’t simply a painter; he was an explorer of mediums, a keen observer …
A portrait built from Samuel Colman's own colours
Every 11 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.
