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Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10) by William Blake

Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)

William Blake · ca. 1803–5

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Palette

Biscuit
 32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1
Warm grey
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Putty
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Iron
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1
Smoke
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1
Linen
 3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.3:1

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
William Blake
British, London 1757–1827 London
Date
ca. 1803–5
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brush and wash, over traces of graphite
Size
Sheet: 15 7/16 × 10 1/4 in. (39.2 × 26 cm)
Period
18th century
Themes
Horses · Reading and letters · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1914. 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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