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Blue horse by Franz Marc

Blue horse

Franz Marc · 1912

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Palette

Graphite
 37% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.0:1
Copper
 19% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.6:1
Mustard
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Rust
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.5:1
Emerald
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.0:1
Putty
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.2:1

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
Franz Marc
1880–1916
Date
1912
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Period
20th century
Themes
Horses
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 43, colourfulness 32

Saarland Museum. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1912, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1916: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1987 (Commons: PD-art|PD-old-auto-1923|deathyear=1916). 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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