Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474)

Jean Fouquet · ca. 1451–55

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Oyster
55% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1

Pale stone
35% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1

Bone white
4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.1:1

Putty
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1

Linen
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1

Mushroom
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1

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: Jean Fouquet
French, Tours ca. 1425–ca. 1478 Tours
Date: ca. 1451–55
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Metalpoint, black chalk on white prepared paper
Size: 7 13/16 x 5 5/16 in. (19.8 x 13.5 cm.)
Place: France
Period: 15th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 83, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund and Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Knower, Bequest of Ogden Mills, and Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, by exchange, 1949. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of Alain de Coëtivy (1407–1474)

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