Francis
Cotes
Francis Cotes: Un Maître du Pastel et d'une Élégance Subtile Né à Londres en 1726, Francis Cotes (1726–1770) se distingue comme une figure centrale dans le développement de l’art anglais durant la période du Géorgien. Plus qu’un simple peintre de portraits, il était un véritable …
A portrait built from Francis Cotes's own colours
Every 40 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.
