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A work made of oil on panel.

The Temptation of the Magdalene

Jacob Jordaens · c. 1616

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 58% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.7:1
Tan
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Raw umber
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.4:1
Brick
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.0:1
Sepia
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Chestnut
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.4:1

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
Jacob Jordaens
Date
c. 1616
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
126.2 × 96.8 cm (49 11/16 × 38 1/4 in.); Framed: 155.6 × 130.2 × 12.7 cm (61 1/4 × 51 1/4 × 5 in.)
Place
Flanders
Period
17th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; anonymous gift in honor of Kate and Morris Kaplan. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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