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Colour Table “Qu 1” by Paul Klee

Colour Table “Qu 1”

Paul Klee · 1930

Palette

Indigo
26% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.6:1
Pearl grey
20% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.3:1
Tangerine
19% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.9:1
Scarlet
18% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.8:1
Primrose
13% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 12.6:1
Chestnut
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1

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
Paul Klee
1879–1940
Date
1930
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Pastel on cardboard and paper
Size
37.3 × 46.8 cm
Period
20th century
Main colour
Blue · lightness 56, colourfulness 41

Kunstmuseum Basel. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1930, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1940: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2011 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1940). 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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