Joshua
Cristall
Joshua Cristall: A Pioneer of Watercolor Joshua Cristall, born in the Cornish town of Camborne in 1767 and passing away in London in 1847, stands as a significant figure in the early development of watercolor painting in Britain. His life was one marked by both …
A portrait built from Joshua Cristall's own colours
Every 8 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.
