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A work made of tempera on panel.

The Adventures of Ulysses

Apollonio di Giovanni · 1435–45

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Palette

Tan
 33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Sepia
 22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1
Umber
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1
Taupe
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Bronze
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Iron
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

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
Apollonio di Giovanni
Date
1435–45
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
42 × 131.7 cm (16 3/4 × 51 7/8 in.); Framed: 53.3 × 142.2 cm (21 × 56 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Myths and legends
Main colour
Brown · lightness 41, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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