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A work made of tempera on panel.

Saint Sebastian

Spanish · c. 1495

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Palette

Sepia
 38% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Taupe
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1
Cinnamon
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Soot
 13% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.2:1
Bronze
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Garnet
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 11.2:1

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
Spanish
Date
c. 1495
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
170.2 × 125.7 cm (67 × 49 1/2 in.)
Place
Catalonia
Period
15th century
Themes
Interiors · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-29); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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