Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Andrea Mantegna · c. 1495/1500

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Palette

Salmon
42% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Umber
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

Soot
16% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.1:1

Slate blue
10% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.3:1

Brick
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1

Honey
8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1

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

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Artist: Andrea Mantegna
1431–1514
Date: c. 1495/1500
Type: Painting
Medium: tempera on poplar panel
Size: painted surface: 30.1 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Place: Italian
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 49, colourfulness 25

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1514: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1585. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

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