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In the hierarchy of colors, green represents the social middle class, self-satisfied, immovable, narrow.

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Wassily Kandinsky
Age: 77 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
Art Theorist
Artist
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lawyer
Painter
Printmaker
Teacher
University Teacher
Visual Artist
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Wassily Wassiljewitsch Kandinsky
Vasili Vasilevich Kandinsky
Vasilii Vasilevich Kandinskii
Vasily Vasil'yevich Kandinsky
Vasilij Kandinski
Vasilij Vasil'evic Kandinskij
Vasily Kandinsky
Vasilij Kandinskij
Vasily. Kandinsky
Vasilij Vasil'evič Kandinskij
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Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky
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Social
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Narrow
Colors
Satisfied
Green
Color
Middle
Immovable
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Hierarchy

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