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The Painter (Self-Portrait)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1920

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Palette

Olive brown
 53% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Amber
 18% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.2:1
Saffron
 14% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.2:1
Vermilion
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.1:1
Dark ochre
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Sienna
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

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
1920
Type
Painting
Size
90.8 × 80.5 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 46, colourfulness 44

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1920, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1938: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2009 (Commons: Cc-zero). 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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