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St. James Major, from Apostles

Martin Schongauer · n.d.

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Palette

Pale stone
 62% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.2:1
Stone
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.2:1
Taupe
 10% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1
Warm grey
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.3:1
Smoke
 3% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.7:1
Iron
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1

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
Martin Schongauer
German, c. 1430/50-1491
Date
n.d.
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Size
Plate: 8.9 × 4.3 cm (3 9/16 × 1 3/4 in.); Sheet: 9 × 4.6 cm (3 9/16 × 1 13/16 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
15th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 69, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.. 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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