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God save us from such a bitter fate; a bandit threatening a woman and a child with a knife, page 41 from the "Black Border Album" (E) by Francisco Goya

God save us from such a bitter fate; a bandit threatening a woman and a child with a knife, page 41 from the "Black Border Album" (E)

Francisco Goya · ca. 1816–20

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Palette

Linen
 53% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.2:1
Smoke
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Warm grey
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Stone
 8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1
Pale stone
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.6:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.9:1

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
Francisco Goya
Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux
Date
ca. 1816–20
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Brush, carbon black gray ink and was, scraper
Size
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (26.6 × 18.7 cm)
Place
Spain
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 72, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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