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A work made of oil on panel.

Portrait of Cardinal Zelada

Anton Raphael Mengs · 1773

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Palette

Graphite
 52% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.3:1
Pale stone
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1
Brick
 14% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.9:1
Taupe
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1
Ash
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Dusty rose
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.6:1

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
Anton Raphael Mengs
Date
1773
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on panel
Size
90 × 66 cm (35 7/16 × 26 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 40, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Silvain and Arma Wyler Foundation. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-11-01); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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