Alan
Charlton
Alan Charlton: The Quiet Geometry of Monochrome Alan Charlton (born Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1948) stands as a singular figure in British conceptual art—a practitioner whose unwavering dedication to minimalist principles has yielded a body of work characterized by striking simplicity and profound spatial exploration. Since …
A portrait built from Alan Charlton's own colours
Every 6 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.