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Black Grid by Wassily Kandinsky

Black Grid

Wassily Kandinsky · 1922

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Palette

Biscuit
 46% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1
Slate blue
 18% of the image
Purple · text contrast 9.0:1
Pale gold
 18% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.5:1
Coral
 9% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1
Scarlet
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1
Sunflower
 4% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.4:1

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
Wassily Kandinsky
1866–1944
Date
1922
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
96 × 106 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 32

Musée National d'Art Moderne; Nantes Museum of Arts. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1922, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1944: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2015 (Commons: PD-art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1944). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules

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