Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1903
The Blue Rider
The Blue Rider (1903) by Wassily Kandinsky. Its palette is led by rich olive (#696d24, 21%) and yellow (#7e842b, 19%), with accents of taupe, dark reddish brown and pale greenish chartreuse. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, vivid and warm.
Palette
- #696d24 MG 197 rich olive 20.7% of canvas
- #7e842b MG 045 yellow 18.8% of canvas
- #9aa833 MG 049 light chartreuse 16.3% of canvas
- #5e544b MG 176 taupe 16.2% of canvas
- #3a2923 MG 156 dark reddish brown 16.1% of canvas
- #76906c MG 056 muted lime green 7.8% of canvas
- #d7e752 MG 047 pale greenish chartreuse 4.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 44%, Yellow 27%, Green 22%, Black 4%, Gray 2%
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Details
More by Wassily Kandinsky
- Composition VI, 1913
- Composition VII, 1913
- On White II, 1923
- Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925