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Border Designs for the Mortlake "Acts of the Apostles" Tapestries by Francis Cleyn

Border Designs for the Mortlake "Acts of the Apostles" Tapestries

Francis Cleyn · ca. 1626–36

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Palette

Ivory
 39% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.9:1
Fawn
 32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Tan
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Oyster
 8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.5:1
Biscuit
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.5:1
Caramel
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Francis Cleyn
German, Rostock 1582–1658 London
Date
ca. 1626–36
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Watercolor with white heightening, details in pen and ink and graphite
Size
Sheet (each): 36 3/8 × 4 5/16 in. (92.5 × 10.9 cm)
Period
17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 76, colourfulness 19

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2021. 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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