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The Adoration of the Magi by Giotto

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto · possibly ca. 1320

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Palette

Umber
 39% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Honey
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1
Lamp black
 14% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.2:1
Bistre
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.5:1
Scarlet
 6% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.1:1
Rose
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Giotto
Italian, Florentine, 1266/76–1337
Date
possibly ca. 1320
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Size
17 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (45.1 x 43.8 cm)
Period
14th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 27

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1911. 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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