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The Young Virgin by Francisco de Zurbarán

The Young Virgin

Francisco de Zurbarán · ca. 1632–33

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 57% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.0:1
Lamp black
 22% of the image
Black · text contrast 21.0:1
Taupe
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Chestnut
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1
Iron
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

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
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish, Fuente de Cantos 1598–1664 Madrid
Date
ca. 1632–33
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
46 x 37 in. (116.8 x 94 cm)
Period
17th century
Themes
Flowers · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 18, colourfulness 7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1927. 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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