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Raising the Cross by Unknown artist

Raising the Cross

Unknown artist · c. 1490

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Palette

Tan
 37% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Biscuit
 28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1
Green earth
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.3:1
Steel blue
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.6:1
Ivory
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.0:1
Pewter
 5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1490
Type
Print
Medium
hand-colored woodcut
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 60, colourfulness 24

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1490: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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