Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1916
Suprematist Composition
Suprematist Composition (1916) by Kazimir Malevich. Its palette is led by silver (#e4e4e2, 60%) and very dark blue (#051b58, 11%), with accents of lime green, light amber gold, scarlet red and pale muted pink. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated 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
- #e4e4e2 MG 206 silver 60.0% of canvas
- #051b58 MG 108 very dark blue 10.8% of canvas
- #282227 MG 222 charcoal 10.4% of canvas
- #477d44 MG 066 lime green 6.6% of canvas
- #cda729 MG 037 light amber gold 6.5% of canvas
- #bb502a MG 017 scarlet red 3.4% of canvas
- #d4a6b5 MG 141 pale muted pink 2.5% of canvas
Color families
White 59%, Blue 11%, Black 9%, Green 6%, Yellow 6%
Measurements
Composition
50% of the visual weight is in the right half, 50% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.21 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 34% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 24% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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More by Kazimir Malevich
- Black Square (1915), 1915
- Red Square, 1915
- Suprematist Composition: White on White, 1918