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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Giulio Carpioni · c. 1650

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Palette

Slate
 40% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Pewter
 22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Graphite
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.7:1
Silver
 11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Soot
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1
Pearl grey
 2% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.0:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Giulio Carpioni
Date
c. 1650
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
55.7 × 71 cm (21 15/16 × 27 15/16 in.); Framed: 74.5 × 90.2 × 8.3 cm (29 3/8 × 35 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Place
Venice
Period
17th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Grey · lightness 43, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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