Diana and Actaeon

Bartholomeus Spranger · ca. 1580–85

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Putty
56% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Mushroom
29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Warm grey
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

Smoke
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

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: Bartholomeus Spranger
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague
Date: ca. 1580–85
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white heightening, over traces of black chalk, on paper washed blue and pink
Size: 16 1/4 x 12 5/8in. (41.3 x 32.1cm)
Period: 16th century
Themes: Myths and legends
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Diana and Actaeon

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