Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino · 1530s

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Lamp black
44% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.4:1

Charcoal
28% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.8:1

Sepia
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.6:1

Raw umber
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Iron
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

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

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Artist: Bronzino
Italian, Monticelli 1503–1572 Florence
Date: 1530s
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on wood
Size: 37 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. (95.6 x 74.9 cm)
Period: 16th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 18, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of a Young Man

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