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Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume by Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume

Peter Paul Rubens · 1617

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Palette

Fawn
 51% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1
Mushroom
 16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1
Warm grey
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Sand
 12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.2:1
Smoke
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1

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
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp
Date
1617
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black, red, and white chalk, blue pastel, and pen and brown and black ink on light brown laid paper
Size
17 9/16 x 9 3/4 in. (44.6 x 24.8 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Carl Selden Trust, several members of The Chairman's Council, Gail and Parker Gilbert, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1999. 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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