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Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King by Peter Paul Rubens

Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King

Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1618

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 55% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1
Rust
 13% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.2:1
Copper
 12% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1
Burnt sienna
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Brick
 6% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1
Garnet
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.8:1

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
Peter Paul Rubens
1577–1640
Date
c. 1618
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel transferred to canvas
Size
overall: 66.8 x 51.5 cm (26 5/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Place
Flemish
Period
17th century
Main colour
Black · lightness 26, colourfulness 28

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale 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 1640: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1711. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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