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john
faed

1819 — 1902 · 19th Century

A Legacy of Visionary Storytelling In the heart of the Victorian era, a period defined by both rigorous realism and an unquenchable thirst for the supernatural, John Faed emerged as a master of the imaginative. Born in 1819 at Barlay Mill near Gatehouse of Fleet, …

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john faed
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from john faed's own colours

Every 5 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers