Adam
Bruce Thomson
Adam Bruce Thomson (1885-1976): A Highland Visionary Adam Bruce Thomson OBE, RSA, PRSW – affectionately known as ‘Adam B’ at Edinburgh College of Art – stands as a cornerstone figure in Scottish landscape painting and the celebrated Edinburgh School. Born in Edinburgh in 1885, Thomson's …
A portrait built from Adam Bruce Thomson'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.
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.
