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Astronomicum Caesareum by Michael Ostendorfer

Astronomicum Caesareum

Michael Ostendorfer · May 1540

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Palette

Parchment
 51% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1
Bronze
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Sand
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Iron
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Pearl grey
 4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1
Brick
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Michael Ostendorfer
German, (?) ca. 1490–1549 Regensburg
Date
May 1540
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Hand-colored woodcuts
Size
17 7/8 × 12 11/16 × 1 5/16 in. (45.4 × 32.3 × 3.3 cm)
Place
Germany
Period
16th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 69, colourfulness 22

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925. 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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