Charles
Collins
The Quiet Observer of Nature Born in Dublin around 1680, Charles Collins lived a life that left behind a substantial, if somewhat elusive, visual record. He was a painter of animals and still life, a man who found his purpose in the meticulous rendering of …
A portrait built from Charles Collins's own colours
Every 12 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.