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Painting with a Red Stain by Wassily Kandinsky

Painting with a Red Stain

Wassily Kandinsky · 1914

Palette

Silver
60% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1
Pale gold
11% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.8:1
Garnet
10% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.9:1
Sunflower
9% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.8:1
Charcoal
7% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.4:1
Vermilion
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

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Details

Artist
Wassily Kandinsky
1866–1944
Date
1914
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
130 × 130 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 67, colourfulness 21

Musée National d'Art Moderne. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1914, 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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