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Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1752

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Palette

Khaki
41% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Walnut
25% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.9:1

Raw umber
23% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

Stone
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1

Cinnamon
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1

Soot
2% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.3:1

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

Details

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid
Date: 1752
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 73 x 54 7/8 in. (185.4 x 139.4 cm)
Period: 18th century
Themes: Horses
Main colour: Brown · lightness 43, colourfulness 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules