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Composition IV by Wassily Kandinsky

Composition IV

Wassily Kandinsky · 1911

Palette

Straw
44% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1
Raw umber
33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1
Saffron
9% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.9:1
Indigo
7% of the image
Blue · text contrast 9.4:1
Burnt orange
5% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.6:1
Garnet
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

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Details

Artist
Wassily Kandinsky
1866–1944
Date
1911
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
159.5 × 250.5 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 34

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1911, 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-1923|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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