The Descent of the Holy Ghost

Unknown artist · c. 1490

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Palette

Bronze
49% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.0:1

Green earth
16% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.5:1

Steel blue
14% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.0:1

Honey
10% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.0:1

Brick
7% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.8:1

Ivory
4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.4:1

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 50, colourfulness 26

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

The Descent of the Holy Ghost

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