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The Immaculate Conception by Guido Reni

The Immaculate Conception

Guido Reni · 1627

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Palette

Tan
 40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1
Raw umber
 25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Blue-grey
 18% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.3:1
Ink
 6% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.2:1
Navy
 6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 12.5:1
Dusty rose
 5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Guido Reni
Italian, Bologna 1575–1642 Bologna
Date
1627
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
105 1/2 x 73 in. (268 x 185.4 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 46, colourfulness 25

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victor Wilbour Memorial Fund, 1959. 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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