Bauhaus · 1925
Concentric Group
Concentric Group (1925) by Oskar Schlemmer. Its palette is led by blue black (#191919, 50%) and golden olive (#928e76, 27%), with accents of pale golden sand and rich orange brown. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color reading
Black and brown cover about nine-tenths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich orange brown #874D2D, takes up just 2% of it.
Palette
- #191919 MG 221 blue black 49.8% of canvas
- #928e76 MG 191 golden olive 27.3% of canvas
- #473327 MG 177 dark taupe 11.5% of canvas
- #5a6054 MG 216 dark grey 4.7% of canvas
- #c3bb9b MG 189 pale golden sand 4.6% of canvas
- #874d2d MG 158 rich orange brown 2.1% of canvas
Color families
Black 53%, Brown 38%, Gray 5%, White 2%, Orange 1%
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Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the right half, 66% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.35 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 62% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 20% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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