Descent from the Cross

Unknown artist · c. 1490

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Palette

Tan
34% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1

Green earth
26% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1

Honey
18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1

Brick
10% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1

Steel blue
9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.0:1

Ivory
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.6:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1490
Type: Print
Medium: hand-colored woodcut
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 52, colourfulness 27

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

Descent from the Cross

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