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David
Scougall

1610 — 1680 · Early Modern

The Shadowed Master of Scottish Portraiture In the turbulent landscape of seventeenth-century Scotland, where political upheaval and the Restoration of the monarchy reshaped the social fabric, the name David Scougall emerges as a vital, if somewhat enigmatic, presence. Though much of his personal history remains …

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David Scougall
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from David Scougall's own colours

Every 15 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
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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