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A work made of oil on panel.

Adoration of the Magi

Jan van Scorel · c. 1519

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Palette

Walnut
 56% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.6:1
Smoke
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Putty
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.8:1
Bronze
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Mustard
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Jan van Scorel
Date
c. 1519
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
44.4 × 55.2 cm (17 1/2 × 21 3/4 in.); Framed: 62.6 × 75 × 5.8 cm (24 5/8 × 29 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
Place
Netherlands
Period
Renaissance · 16th century
Themes
Landscapes · Horses · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 37, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Wilson L. Mead 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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