Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1915
Red Square
Red Square (1915) by Kazimir Malevich. Its palette is led by vivid red (#dc4017, 58%) and white (#ecefeb, 30%). Overall the canvas is light, vivid and warm.
Color note
Malevich's Black Square (1915) was meant as a zero point for painting, color and subject stripped away. He went on to float pure colored shapes on white grounds in his Suprematist compositions.
Palette
- #dc4017 MG 013 vivid red 58.4% of canvas
- #ecefeb MG 205 white 30.3% of canvas
- #d6d9d4 MG 206 silver 10.0% of canvas
- #b5bab7 MG 207 pale slate 1.4% of canvas
Color families
Red 58%, White 39%, Gray 2%, Brown 0%, Orange 0%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 51% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.91 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 80% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 14% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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