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Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

The Annunciation

Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins) · 1490–95

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Palette

Walnut
 62% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.4:1
Bronze
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Leaf green
 8% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.0:1
Garnet
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.9:1
Prussian blue
 5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.9:1
Silver
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1

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
Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins)
Date
1490–95
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
72.5 × 50.1 cm (28 1/2 × 19 11/16 in.); Framed: 86.3 × 65.4 cm (34 × 25 3/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Birds · Interiors · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 30, colourfulness 26

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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