Portrait of a Man

Andrea del Castagno · c. 1450

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Palette

Garnet
44% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.8:1

Deep teal
14% of the image
Teal · text contrast 11.4:1

Tan
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

Silver
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1

Bistre
10% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1

Teal
7% of the image
Teal · 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

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Artist: Andrea del Castagno
1419–1457
Date: c. 1450
Type: Painting
Medium: tempera on panel
Size: painted surface: 54.2 x 40.4 cm (21 5/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Place: Italian
Period: 15th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Brown · lightness 36, colourfulness 23

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon 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 1457: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1528. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of a Man

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