Bauhaus · 1895–1946 · Hungarian

László Moholy-Nagy

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly black (32%), brown (24%) and gray (16%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: charcoal, very dark rich sienna, light azure, pale golden yellow and stone.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 222 charcoal 27.5% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 7.3% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 5.3% of canvas
• MG 224 black 4.1% of canvas
• MG 206 silver 3.6% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 3.3% of canvas
• MG 040 pale golden yellow 3.2% of canvas
• MG 165 amber brown 2.9% of canvas
• MG 205 white 2.8% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 2.8% of canvas
• MG 149 very dark rich sienna 2.5% of canvas
• MG 033 light amber 2.5% of canvas
• MG 095 muted azure blue 2.3% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 2.1% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 2.1% of canvas
• MG 200 ivory 2.0% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.51

Contrast

0.66

Vividness

0.032

Warmth

+0.66

Complexity

165 cells

Hue range

0.47

Focus

0.14

Works

• E IV (Construction VII), 1922
• LIS, 1922
• Komposition Z VIII, 1924