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Crescent of Houses (The small City V) by Egon Schiele

Crescent of Houses (The small City V)

Egon Schiele · 1915

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Palette

Umber
 70% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1
Dark ochre
 10% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.7:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Ochre
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1
Biscuit
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1

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
Egon Schiele
1890–1918
Date
1915
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
109.7 × 140 cm
Period
20th century
Themes
Cities and streets
Main colour
Brown · lightness 38, colourfulness 24

Israel Museum. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1915, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1918: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1989 (Commons: PD-Art|PD-old-auto-1923|deathyear=1918 | DEFAULTSORT:Egon Schiele - Die kleine S). 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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