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Bauhaus Primary

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The Bauhaus school's color curriculum, led by Johannes Itten and later Josef Albers, treated color as a formal system rather than a decorative element. Primary colors held special status as the fundamental building blocks of visual language. The Bauhaus palette of red, yellow, and blue against black and white was not aesthetic preference but theoretical conviction.

Kandinsky's studio at the Dessau Bauhaus, 1928. The wall is white. The geometric compositions on the easel divide space with primary hue. There is no decoration here — only color as a structural force.

BauhausPrimaryModernistGeometricDesign History

Why this set works

The pure primary color theory of the Bauhaus school — red, yellow, blue, and black — expressed in the clean geometric palette of 1920s German modernism.

Modernist-inspired brand and identity design

Design education and theory illustration

Bold geometric poster and publication design

Prompt words

bauhaus color paletteprimary color palettegerman modernist palettegeometric color schemeitten color theory

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1. Crimson Core Vivid #D52020
2. Citrine Core Pure #EBEB0A
3. Cobalt Core Vivid #205CD5
4. True Gray Ink #242424
5. True Gray Whisper #F0F0F0
6. Amber Silk Clear #D9CB81

:root {
  --bauhaus-primary-1: #D52020;
  --bauhaus-primary-2: #EBEB0A;
  --bauhaus-primary-3: #205CD5;
  --bauhaus-primary-4: #242424;
  --bauhaus-primary-5: #F0F0F0;
  --bauhaus-primary-6: #D9CB81;
}

Palette

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Crimson Core Vivid

#D52020

Red · hsl(0, 74%, 48%)

Citrine Core Pure

#EBEB0A

Yellow · hsl(60, 92%, 48%)

Cobalt Core Vivid

#205CD5

Blue · hsl(220, 74%, 48%)

True Gray Ink

#242424

Red · hsl(0, 0%, 14%)

True Gray Whisper

#F0F0F0

Red · hsl(0, 0%, 94%)

Amber Silk Clear

#D9CB81

Yellow · hsl(50, 54%, 68%)

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Layer	What you have here	What Pro adds
Scope	One curated palette of 6 colors.	The same palettes, with no daily export cap anywhere on the site.
Output	HEX, CSS and Tailwind to copy any time. The ZIP and dark-mode tokens count toward the site's free exports: 3 a day, 10 when signed in.	No daily limit on any export: this ZIP (CSS, Tailwind, JSON, SCSS), the dark-mode tokens, and Figma tokens and Procreate swatches in the palette builder.
Use case	Direction finding, inspiration, and public proof.	Real project handoff, implementation, and reusable production assets.

Bauhaus Primary

BauhausPrimaryModernistGeometricDesign History

Layer

What you have here

What Pro adds

Scope

One curated palette of 6 colors.

The same palettes, with no daily export cap anywhere on the site.

Output

HEX, CSS and Tailwind to copy any time. The ZIP and dark-mode tokens count toward the site's free exports: 3 a day, 10 when signed in.

No daily limit on any export: this ZIP (CSS, Tailwind, JSON, SCSS), the dark-mode tokens, and Figma tokens and Procreate swatches in the palette builder.

Use case

Direction finding, inspiration, and public proof.

Real project handoff, implementation, and reusable production assets.