Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky heard color as music. His palette moves from the explosive primaries of his early abstractions to the geometric precision of his Bauhaus period — circles of blue, triangles of yellow, squares of red.

Palette: #9E7B5E #B39447 #101010 #D8C279 #BD5E4C #D9B740 #9C631D #1C468F

• Aquarell Zwei Schwarze Flecke Paul Heinz Bendix (1923): #EBE2CA #433320 #2D1F0F #0F0B0D #86796C #DAC59C
• At Frieze Masters an Early Painting (1901): #899E4B #E9B274 #B4A137 #E9DAC3 #A2C5DC #4D8F52
• Composition VII (1913): #B4AE96 #AC9D5A #A0822C #8E5615 #D8C777 #544E2C
• Gabriele Münter Painting Outdoors in Front of an Easel: #1B3E52 #6B4F14 #846A1A #A36F16 #D1C465 #BAA460
• Unfinished Painting (1944): #0D0D0D #A29C9B #2D2729 #676462 #454242 #E7E5E1
• Yellow Red Blue (1925): #C0C4BE #D0CBA3 #8186B2 #1E1F26 #DECA7E #694752
• Little Painting with Yellow (Improvisation) (1914): #D8B886 #B3A593 #E3B351 #2F2E1F #A96435 #7D562F
• Murnau, Gabriele Munter Painting (1909): #556F24 #031D41 #756A2B #06241D #BBC9CA #7D2D0C
• Painting with Points (1919): #918D70 #50493A #6F684E #383C36 #BCBDA3 #7E5A40
• Studie Zu "Winter No. II" Winter No. II Study: #A29485 #8B8692 #9D8E66 #88684A #B4B7B8 #5A668F
• Study for Painting with White Form (1913): #928983 #C2A03F #CBC2B3 #B19C6C #3D577D #86481D
• Yellow Painting (1938): #D9CD57 #C4B8A7 #C3B17E #1A191A #296661 #887D69
• Paiting with Clear Background (1916): #A5937C #71573A #B3955E #757266 #493324 #C4BAAE
• Painting with White Border (1913): #B8ABA0 #8D7D63 #575650 #7A8080 #B29D6D #2E2B2C
• (Painting with White Lines) (1913): #151518 #555652 #131E40 #7E7E53 #A19A59 #713247
• Painting with Green Center (1913): #A49974 #BABCAB #51593B #7F2C21 #8D6A22 #A1694C
• Painting with Troika (1911): #C1A059 #C1AA89 #2349B1 #BE8352 #24285D #1F2F8A
• Painting with Three Spots (1914): #EED866 #F5D42F #DEAD2C #E3976C #E14422 #4A6A23
• Tableau à la Tache Rouge (Bild mit Rotem Fleck) (1914): #988E7D #A89A4D #88443E #B36E63 #C94A30 #766C7D
• Inner Alliance (1929): #262621 #EDDA63 #10100B #65291E #B4732F #DCD277
• Träumerische Improvisation Dreamy Improvisation (1913): #C9A58A #E4DCD8 #BA845D #B16646 #E2C287 #AC1C34
• Gabriele Munter Painting in Kallmunz 4 (1903): #4D400F #3C2F0F #705619 #130B04 #958A61 #5D320C
• Lyrical (1911): #E2D6C0 #968EA6 #0E8A70 #E0CFA3 #26201D #305635
• Church at Murnau (1910): #D5CDB0 #AFB57D #88A1A5 #243C55 #73542B #A08F55
• Improvisation 6 (African) (1909): #CFD4CB #6C92B7 #C3A837 #972E11 #C3B066 #2D4F93
• Several Circles (1926): #262B34 #CCCED8 #64A5D2 #3C7271 #1642BE #163A90
• Blue Crest (1917): #E8E7E4 #939AA7 #101324 #525358 #C0B39D #212B55
• Sky Blue (1940): #6384BC #697CA1 #8A8891 #DFA176 #D7CDBC #B03519
• Akhtyrka, Red Church (1900): #211C16 #CBC03D #62759D #655D2D #9C9334 #8BA3C0
• Composition (1916): #9A9E9C #727671 #958D72 #0B0E0D #67623E #53472B
• Composition X (1939): #0F0D0A #82340B #C57A71 #60404C #C53340 #E6BC79
• Points (1920): #BC9F41 #292B24 #9A8A44 #454833 #552C2F #5F5337
• Gorge (1914): #C4C2AF #6A8091 #CCC385 #161D19 #9B863D #A89F64
• Woman in Moscow (1912): #CECBD1 #1D222D #25334B #B7A3BD #C6BE95 #577099
• Picture with a Black Arch (1912): #C3B5A0 #B19B73 #D7D1C7 #B45A44 #723B39 #4F302F
• Graceful Ascent (1934): #C9B8A5 #CFA68C #9E9A8F #B78273 #896D5C #C7AA3A
• Two Ovals (1919): #ACBEB4 #565957 #689BA0 #898F88 #C3BFA1 #121411
• Autumn (1902): #0C090E #937421 #A58F2B #423318 #BF6C2A #624419
• Gabriele Münter (1905): #303431 #424C4D #DFDCBE #1C3745 #B1C5BC #062740
• The Blue Rider (1903): #747824 #8E9B22 #778D6C #A4A64A #5D5049 #B8C837
• Impression Lll (Concert) (1911): #E7B20E #061611 #CED5D5 #E4BA40 #AC2F1B #CA9713
• Improvisation 19 (1911): #819DB0 #303330 #336796 #E8E1D1 #C28D7E #E2C797
• Improvisation 11 (1910): #140A06 #86351E #8D6622 #E3D43C #B88412 #DAD9CF
• Improvisation 21 (1911): #C7C1A4 #BB9A78 #0C0A06 #57230F #A0140D #BB6B62
• Improvisation 26 (1912): #B2B7B9 #1A1A20 #D3B964 #6587A9 #54635C #A89A82
• Colourful Ensemble (1938): #AC9E8E #657A75 #323432 #121413 #8B7C63 #85434F
• Colorful Life (1907): #B5BDB6 #393535 #3C4854 #274965 #2F5785 #53617F
• Black Spot 1 (1912): #AFA98E #1A1A16 #727A6E #99876C #9F8F3C #4C7177
• Red Spot II (1921): #C2C1C6 #1E1C1E #963529 #BB9249 #858692 #323749
• Mountain (1909): #BFC8C3 #4A7098 #6CA16A #A4873A #812327 #2F4C7A
• Moscow I (1916): #CAC4A9 #818C8A #293A48 #0F0A0B #A48969 #4E6A7C
• Windmill in Holland (1904): #2C2725 #7D7764 #203643 #96999F #4E535E #0B2457
• Murnau View with Railway and Castle (1909): #212322 #7E9283 #426845 #66825A #C7C8B9 #42686F
• In Grey (1919): #867F7A #C2BAB3 #554947 #151318 #7B2325 #896C5E
• Red Oval (1920): #49726B #689C8D #C5C8BB #D6B557 #333939 #4B5283
• Summer Landscape (1909): #CEB409 #C39509 #1E3D55 #97AA1E #C07109 #1C456E
• Levels (1929): #1A3534 #2B5251 #181A18 #778880 #34251C #08231E
• Akhtyrka, Park (1902): #B18A2C #111012 #C89A6C #8B6A45 #71651F #5A4926
• Binz auf Rügen (Twilight) (1903): #B19174 #806D52 #827E89 #5E553C #191B24 #303037
• Kochel, Mountain Meadow (1902): #161711 #313120 #685D2B #4E4A2B #96948B #8E844D
• Clear Air (1901): #B8750B #CFA354 #975F0F #140C06 #7F5518 #D29627
• Schwabing, Winter Sun (1901): #9A875B #C19A52 #DFC58F #A39B81 #76724F #0E0D03
• Marketplace (1903): #73603B #AA9F7A #73676A #C4C0B5 #5F471E #3E341E
• Munich, English Garden (Lake and Dinghy) (1903): #100F08 #242014 #A89A4A #302710 #443111 #62491B
• Munich, North Cemetery (1903): #242015 #403818 #90855F #100F0A #705A22 #9D8844
• Shore (1903): #BBAC67 #A9B5AE #87989B #5F6735 #8F813A #383B2F
• Winter in Schwabing (1902): #C7BDA7 #969F9F #7C6246 #B28334 #A69375 #69461F
• Kochel, Old Kesselbergstrasse (1902): #1A1916 #2E332F #BCAE9C #6D6758 #6B502B #927F64
• Kochel, Lake and Herzogstand (1902): #100F10 #AD8E76 #7A645B #453B34 #CBA276 #2A2724
• Spring, Vicinity of Augsburg (1902): #9C9D91 #CDC5AE #718B89 #B7C9CA #66615C #EFE3CF
• Bearded Old Man (1904): #654F4E #91695B #565A5D #A99187 #3F3839 #BB8264
• Scheveningen (1904): #B4A88B #968E81 #887B61 #D7D0B8 #5F5953 #37332F
• Rotterdam (1904): #A49E8D #7F7768 #554D42 #35332E #715A42 #DED6BE
• Tunis, the Bay (1905): #ACA69A #373A21 #50516B #181811 #605E48 #38373B
• Tunis, Coastal Landscape I (1905): #B5A285 #898A8E #957F63 #B6BAB4 #585B68 #745E43
• Arab City (1905): #C1945A #E5DCCC #745D51 #B2A79F #A58050 #B7987C
• Saint-Cloud Park, Clearing (1907): #A5A265 #1B1B10 #868239 #BDB694 #393A2A #837B62
• Parc of Saint-Cloud, Shaded Path (1906): #2A2428 #0F0C10 #4A3735 #17202C #341919 #EED4AC
• Parc de Saint-Cloud (1906): #2D343D #171820 #494F4B #506766 #453D2D #AEA59D
• Untitled (Study for Improvisation I) (1908): #353536 #A25F52 #788053 #25313D #223A67 #7E433B
• Autumn in Bavaria (1908): #343846 #1E2512 #DBCCC5 #C4AB37 #928EA1 #A88B25
• Improvisation 3 (1909): #DAAC0B #4E679D #D0B059 #AA5E48 #993D2A #597160
• Small Pleasures (1913): #B1A184 #746E5B #916E42 #C4A05F #A3A3A7 #1F1C1C
• Untitled (1910): #E4E4E4 #969691 #DDDBB4 #BDB39F #646059 #35344C
• Picture with an Archer (1909): #0A1B24 #19313B #847A56 #5A3936 #D6B28E #BC7461
• Painting with White Border (1913): #C0B4AA #9A8E80 #88755E #636C6F #B19A6A #6D5645
• St. George (II) (1911): #CECAB4 #96A091 #A0996D #5C5F52 #73A398 #79543B
• Simple (1916): #EDDAC2 #8E96A5 #A9977E #43311E #6A7366 #665640
• Cossacks (1910): #CFCACC #C6BBA6 #7B7B8A #967D66 #B99838 #424D65
• Tempered Elan (1944): #61647E #1E2014 #0C1113 #989AA3 #AB5634 #383C42
• Swinging (1925): #9D9E8E #1C1D1C #787D6F #988F65 #8B5C11 #5D0C11
• Black Lines (1913): #D8CCBC #B6A592 #B82928 #AA8F62 #BA5F6F #BA3250
• White Line (1920): #575E54 #807C69 #2C2B2A #50493F #47545C #323A48
• Old Town II (1902): #AD9649 #201E14 #ACA68E #7C6F2B #595417 #3C2A13
• Upward (1929): #3C755C #4A6C43 #B69D87 #1A5730 #A9660F #A59C62
• Composition IV (1911): #DDCA9A #DEC178 #084D8D #E6BF57 #DF980B #C2A24F
• Impression V (1911): #D9D4C4 #C4633A #B96D62 #94A89A #429988 #3C6A94
• Improvisation 14 (1910): #5C81AF #A2A593 #244E3E #080B10 #B52C08 #BDAC6A
• Composition VI (1913): #D5D1C1 #727260 #DEC493 #361B12 #6C3F28 #B78C72
• Murnau (1908): #CCB362 #0C224D #CEB12D #0C3166 #0B1A34 #B29C6F
• Composition VIII (1923): #D5C5AE #A79B87 #2A231F #4D483C #F6EDDC #7F7768
• Amsterdam-View from the Window (1904): #C1B9B2 #7D7467 #8E96AD #606D85 #41493C #121D2F
• Munich (1901): #ACB097 #67543B #6C795E #3E362B #445737 #513219
• Pond in the Park (1906): #12567C #70817F #1E5F3B #0C3B63 #3A728D #98792D
• Blue Mountain (1908): #2D4E91 #B07D24 #27252A #AE3F34 #A8505F #B97989
• Group in Crinolines (1909): #141512 #C29F18 #939AA0 #0D3F64 #3E4936 #D0B751
• Landscape with Factory Chimney (1910): #9BA29A #402E26 #B8A97A #0C4841 #BEAD53 #6C202B
• Landscape with Rolling Hills (1910): #263632 #A5A52A #4B7FA4 #D9E0EF #80ACDB #BD9D33
• Winter Landscape with Church (1910): #D6CEC5 #9B8FA4 #657036 #061C58 #0C1717 #7C8CBF
• Lion Hunt (1911): #788F92 #3B646F #79668F #0C0B0B #2B3C63 #A0758A
• Pastorale (1911): #C8C2AB #C7C06E #C5C08B #8E9C6E #BEAE45 #BE8087
• Sancta Francisca (1911): #131521 #4F1813 #CCBA5F #8F9682 #D3CDB8 #497232
• Landscape with Rain (1913): #B7B9AB #C1AF86 #54727C #BEAB4F #B38E24 #95504E
• Landscape with Red Spots (1913): #E6E3D1 #ECDEA3 #E0BB82 #6D261A #0D3B62 #A27A61
• Circles on Black (1921): #2E2C2A #CCBDB1 #9B968E #98A4B2 #79977A #C5B757
• Blue Painting (1924): #14274C #1E436C #AFB3A8 #456A84 #B49D0F #5A7143
• Yellow Accompaniment (1924): #C7C1B2 #CABF96 #D1C741 #D1C965 #252120 #85859D
• Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 2 (1914): #959385 #252624 #434A44 #AEA169 #92691F #C2C1AF
• Panel for Edwin R. Campbell No. 4 (1914): #CCCBB9 #94A6A3 #B4A592 #6F816A #9A746A #2B394E
• Soft Pressure (1931): #8BC7D7 #D19F28 #D8D9C5 #D6BA5A #CDBD81 #221D1B
• Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II) (1912): #AEA08B #A88E58 #7C6F5D #33322E #AA705F #535143
• Light in Heavy (1929): #171414 #462A21 #2B2B2D #C87A1D #6F5E5C #511218
• Rays (1927): #130F1D #0E0B0F #181B30 #7A96A1 #662525 #6B5B5F
• Moody (1930): #946247 #7C3B2F #4D372B #0E0807 #B39374 #20130F
• Sunday (Old Russian) (1904): #BD8D50 #140D0A #9B512E #978966 #AFAD8D #6A482D
• Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle) (1913): #EC6A0C #F03B0F #E7B425 #0D0B0B #168E42 #E0D88A
• Houses at Murnau (1909): #293237 #CEAB13 #C5932C #A59B34 #BC7623 #CFB045
• Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) (1913): #D9C09C #DCD8CB #B4A998 #E3C36C #C39072 #2D468C
• Improvisation No. 29 (the Swan) (1912): #D5CEC2 #909389 #CFC38B #B7AC90 #555B62 #4F6A91
• Little Painting with Yellow (Improvisation) (1914): #E0D0C2 #A29376 #D9B98F #BD9353 #666746 #976534
• Untitled Improvisation III (1914): #98908A #26303C #A79157 #BA3E48 #D37450 #7B2E33
• Sign (1925): #C09F39 #D39448 #BDB15D #17386A #363335 #D57036
• Yellow Border (1930): #8A483E #BAAE80 #6D3A3A #9F6A64 #6F2B25 #B0B1B5
• Study for Improvisation V (1910): #8A423A #3F3935 #41556B #A26741 #AB8C46 #874C58
• The Ludwigskirche in Munich (1908): #4C3627 #95861F #C99D0E #E6BC22 #C6A24B #F4DA5B
• In the Bright Oval (1925): #E1D9B0 #73563A #253A4F #151413 #6F9073 #E5DB86
• Around the Line (1943): #514233 #555253 #8D8A94 #676B82 #7C7668 #806245
• Succession (1935): #EAE5DB #5B5C69 #5C4445 #B2362D #D15B4B #9995AE
• Autumn II (1912): #E2D2CF #D8AB61 #8088A1 #28356F #26343D #E6CAA2
• Image with a White Shape (1913): #B4ACA5 #3C1E18 #7A4E41 #5F2F2C #171E24 #7C8687
• A Center (1922): #29292B #867B60 #C6C5BA #14100F #C7B790 #594E3D
• View of Moscow from the Window of Kandinsky's Apartment at No. 1, Zubovsky Square (1916): #BFBEB4 #637E94 #4765AA #344F9F #306469 #98857F
• Improvisation 33 (Orient I) (1913): #ACAA97 #818476 #A18956 #936F4D #5D6A6F #222123
• The Bridge (1902): #AAABAC #6F6952 #050B14 #0D1B30 #58666D #96AFC4
• Two Surroundings (1934): #E0DCC6 #C8BFA6 #B08374 #979C75 #2C3327 #6D7766
• Painting with Houses (1909): #121317 #524F3D #292D2A #866232 #5B3723 #1A1E3A
• Free (1927): #6C7D5B #485E42 #39517A #C5AC62 #263449 #66202E
• Centre Circles (1932): #795B4F #AE95A3 #D1C6D5 #4E3735 #6D3836
• Acentric (1924): #2B222A #544B6E #9D93A3 #C6B7CF #8B6D6D #191018
• Circle (with Brown) (1929): #37362E #5B3C2B #C67946 #7A422A #D5983E #7F4C42
• Winter Landscape (1909): #233034 #94774E #597E8A #9A857F #AC8F34 #285E83
• Improvisation 12 the Rider (1910): #323432 #BD3F2D #B76569 #765239 #4491AE #C6BAB1
• Dreamy Improvisation (1913): #DABD9F #C39877 #AB7646 #E5C073 #0C48A1 #1C2024
• Three Elements (1925): #93512A #947A80 #6E5A72 #AD7D70 #D57D67 #3B2E23
• Sweet Trifles (1937): #9F964A #89615D #786F31 #6B5D2F #576939 #764613
• The Waterfall (1909): #323F42 #A09894 #687578 #4B3739 #4D584D #7E6D39
• Small Yellow (1926): #D8C490 #A2A58F #211D17 #857860 #C6AC9A #C67A35
• Abstract Interpretation (1925): #080705 #0D3435 #4E3310 #614D31 #A3610A #8E5433
• Multicolored Circle (1921): #B8B7B2 #5E8B92 #998885 #C4A58F #4B3433 #30515C
• Improvisation No. 7 (Storm) (1910): #A2A9AA #764655 #0A3E64 #9C694B #2D3333 #BE5F35
• Brownish (1931): #3E3C38 #D0AE6F #A1804B #F1D9A0 #6C4634 #131111
• Black Triangle (1925): #252E21 #151A14 #04102A #3C220A #50300F #02134F
• Yellow Center (1926): #BBA57C #1A1615 #BD8168 #A23B39 #C1A25F #C18E45
• Fall Silent (1924): #B8A35E #A3692E #423224 #5D3D25 #B4AA78 #C59360
• Large Study (1914): #D4CCA7 #AFB199 #0D376A #BA7173 #DACD71 #BB8738
• One-Two (1929): #A9855F #896B54 #B56F5C #B89559 #F79209 #CBB181
• Red Form (1938): #931D28 #131416 #D2C5B1 #BC670E #6B4A66 #617861
• Painting with White Form (Study) (1913): #BE9C3B #CAC1AF #0A1110 #685F55 #8A5627 #B39D67
• Painting with White Form (1913): #CCC9C6 #A78E84 #0B090C #D3CCA1 #C2BF7B #A48542
• Nikolai Square (1902): #899398 #171317 #7B7C71 #57585B #6D798C #94733F