Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger · 1532

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Lamp black
48% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.7:1

Prussian blue
32% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.7:1

Dusty rose
9% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.8:1

Moss
7% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.4:1

Leaf green
3% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.9:1

Dark ochre
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

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: Hans Holbein the Younger
German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London
Date: 1532
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil and gold on oak
Size: 16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.2 x 32.4 cm), with added strip of 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) at bottom
Period: 16th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Blue · lightness 21, colourfulness 16

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

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