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A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer · 1514

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Palette

Ash
 39% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Smoke
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Silver
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.8:1
Chalk
 15% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.8:1
Iron
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1
Charcoal
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.3:1

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
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471-1528
Date
1514
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Size
Image: 24.1 × 18.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 24.3 × 19 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 25.1 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 62, colourfulness 3

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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