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Venus and Cupid

Alessandro Turchi · c. 1630

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Palette

Lamp black
 60% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.2:1
Pearl grey
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.8:1
Graphite
 11% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1
Slate
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1
Ash
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.8:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

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
Alessandro Turchi
Date
c. 1630
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
115.8 × 158.8 cm (45 9/16 × 62 1/2 in.); Framed: 137.2 × 180.4 × 6.4 cm (54 × 71 × 2 1/2 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
17th century
Themes
Flowers · Interiors · Myths and legends
Main colour
Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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