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Two Nudes [obverse] by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Two Nudes [obverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1907

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Palette

Charcoal
 35% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.9:1
Biscuit
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1
Taupe
 21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1
Tan
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Saffron
 8% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.9:1
Burnt orange
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880–1938
Date
1907
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 196.1 x 65.4 cm (77 3/16 x 25 3/4 in.)
Place
German
Period
20th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 47, colourfulness 21

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Wilhelmina and Wallace F. Holladay and Ruth and Jacob Kainen. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1938: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2009. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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