Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1917
Composition IX
Composition IX (1917) by Theo van Doesburg. Its palette is led by soot (#0b140a, 44%) and pale muted golden cream (#cad2b2, 34%), with accents of light golden sand and slate. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color reading
Black and green cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, light golden sand #98A17A, stays close to gray.
Palette
- #0b140a MG 223 soot 43.7% of canvas
- #cad2b2 MG 203 pale muted golden cream 33.8% of canvas
- #98a17a MG 190 light golden sand 10.8% of canvas
- #587053 MG 058 muted green 7.5% of canvas
- #39556b MG 210 slate 4.2% of canvas
Color families
Black 38%, Green 33%, Brown 18%, White 7%, Yellow 3%
Measurements
Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 51% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.52 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 1% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 37% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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