Click here for copyright information. The contrast intervals with colors refer to 1. Chromtic involution serves the art-theoretical analysis of pictures. On the surface, one might be of the opinion that the color effect of Cezanne's paintings results primarily from contrasting warm colors with cold colors.
Chromatic involution does however cancel out such temperature effects.
Since the chromatically involuted paintings of Cezanne do not loose their beauty, the conclusion may be drawn that Cezanne also proceeded in a very constructive, weighing-up manner with regard to selecting his colors. 30 paintings by Paul Cezanne, chromatically involuted. 4 paintings by Gustav Klimt, chromatically involuted. 3 paintings by Paul Gauguin, chromatically involuted. 8 paintings by Georges Seurat, chromatically involuted.