The Penitent Magdalen

Georges de La Tour · ca. 1640

View at The Met ↗

Palette

Lamp black
76% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.4:1

Walnut
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.6:1

Umber
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

Sand
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Tan
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

Oxblood
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.5:1

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: Georges de La Tour
French, Vic-sur-Seille 1593–1652 Lunéville
Date: ca. 1640
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 52 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. (133.4 x 102.2 cm)
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 10, colourfulness 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Penitent Magdalen

Palette

Details

Works that share this palette

More by Georges de La Tour