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View of Toledo by El Greco

View of Toledo

El Greco · ca. 1599–1600

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Palette

Charcoal
 31% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.9:1
Graphite
 28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1
Dark olive
 25% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.8:1
Slate
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Moss
 4% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.9:1
Pewter
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

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. 1599–1600
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. (121.3 x 108.6 cm)
Period
16th century
Themes
Cities and streets
Main colour
Green · lightness 28, colourfulness 9

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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