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Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge by El Lissitzky

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

El Lissitzky · 1919

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Palette

Bone white
 59% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.0:1
Lamp black
 23% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.4:1
Persimmon
 9% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1
Pewter
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1
Salmon
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1

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
El Lissitzky
1890–1941
Date
1919
Type
Print
Medium
Colour lithograph
Period
20th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 67, colourfulness 12

Wikimedia Commons. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1919, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1941: public domain in the EU since 1 January 2012 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1941 | c|Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge). 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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