Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

Michelangelo · ca. 1510–11

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Biscuit
68% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1

Tan
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

Caramel
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Ivory
4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1

Parchment
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

Terracotta
1% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1

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

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Artist: Michelangelo
Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome
Date: ca. 1510–11
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Red chalk, with small accents of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably charcoal (verso)
Size: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (28.9 × 21.4 cm) Framed: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 24

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

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