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Improvisation 3 by Wassily Kandinsky

Improvisation 3

Wassily Kandinsky · 1909

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Palette

Sand
 47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Saffron
 18% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.7:1
Brick
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1
Caramel
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.3:1
Slate blue
 9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.6:1
Ultramarine
 3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.1:1

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
1909
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
94 × 130 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 37

Musée National d'Art Moderne. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1909, 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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