Self Portrait

Unknown Artist · ca. 1800–1805

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Ash
45% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1

Slate
22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1

Soot
21% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.7:1

Walnut
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.1:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Mushroom
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

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

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Artist: Unknown Artist
Date: ca. 1800–1805
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Watercolor on ivory
Size: 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Period: 18th century
Themes: Portraits · Self-portraits
Main colour: Grey · lightness 44, colourfulness 5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dale T. Johnson Fund, 2014. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Self Portrait

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