Lilla
Cabot Perry
Early Life and Training Born: January 13, 1848, Boston, Massachusetts Family Background: Daughter of Dr. Samuel Cabot III and Hannah Lowell Jackson Cabot, prominent figures in Boston society. Early Education: Studied literature, language, poetry, and music; informal sketching sessions with friends. European Travels (1867): Exposure …
A portrait built from Lilla Cabot Perry's own colours
Every 36 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.
