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The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · ca. 1749–50

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Palette

Stone
 37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1
Taupe
 23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.4:1
Iron
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1
Putty
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Ivory
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.5:1
Pale stone
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1

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
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Date
ca. 1749–50
Type
Print
Medium
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing; first state of four (Robison)
Size
Sheet: 24 13/16 x 19 1/2 in. (63 x 49.5 cm) Plate: 21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in. (54.5 x 41.5 cm)
Period
18th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 55, colourfulness 10

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937. 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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