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Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco · c. 1595–c. 1600

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Palette

Soot
 75% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1
Graphite
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.3:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Pewter
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Olive brown
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1
Warm grey
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco
Date
c. 1595–c. 1600
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
92 × 74 cm (36 3/16 × 24 1/8 in.); Framed: 112.4 × 94.6 × 8.9 cm (44 1/4 × 37 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place
Greece
Period
Renaissance · Mannerism · 16th century
Themes
Landscapes · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 16, colourfulness 6

Art Institute of Chicago, Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund. 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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