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Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) by El Greco

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)

El Greco · ca. 1600

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 31% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.2:1
Lamp black
 26% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.8:1
Sepia
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Walnut
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1
Taupe
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Mahogany
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.4:1

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
El Greco
Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo
Date
ca. 1600
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
67 1/4 x 42 1/2in. (170.8 x 108cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Brown · lightness 20, colourfulness 10

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

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