Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1931
The Red Armchair
Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.
The Red Armchair (1931) by Pablo Picasso. Its palette is led by dark taupe (#493a36, 20%) and dark crimson sienna (#6c3744, 19%), with accents of purplish violet, light orange amber, pale golden yellow and ivory. Overall the canvas is light, vivid and warm.
Palette
- #493a36 MG 177 dark taupe 19.8% of canvas
- #6c3744 MG 144 dark crimson sienna 18.6% of canvas
- #1a7941 MG 066 lime green 15.8% of canvas
- #866d9c MG 133 purplish violet 12.7% of canvas
- #9854ad MG 116 crimson purple 11.0% of canvas
- #d19a3f MG 032 light orange amber 9.6% of canvas
- #f4ec6a MG 040 pale golden yellow 8.4% of canvas
- #f2f4e8 MG 200 ivory 4.2% of canvas
Color families
Brown 24%, Purple 20%, Green 16%, Yellow 16%, Red 8%
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Details
More by Pablo Picasso
- The Old Guitarist, 1903–1904
- Nude with a Pitcher, 1906
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- Man with a Pipe, 1915
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