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A work made of tempera on panel.

Saint Anthony Abbot

Fra Angelico · 1440–41

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Palette

Caramel
 35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Umber
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1
Walnut
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.7:1
Soot
 15% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.1:1
Warm grey
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Graphite
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1

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
Fra Angelico
Date
1440–41
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
39.4 × 14 cm (15 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.); Framed: 70.5 × 42.6 × 7 cm (27 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Portraits · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 36, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Elizabeth Iglehart Blair. 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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