David
Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
A Pioneering Vision: The Collaborative World of Hill & Adamson The story of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson is a remarkable chapter in the nascent history of photography, a testament to artistic vision blossoming within the constraints of early technological innovation. Active for a …
A portrait built from David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson's own colours
Every 3 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.
