Saint Sebastian

Tanzio da Varallo · c. 1620/1630

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Palette

Lamp black
69% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.2:1

Fawn
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Dark ochre
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Pewter
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Pale gold
2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.3:1

Rust
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.8:1

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

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Artist: Tanzio da Varallo
1575–1633
Date: c. 1620/1630
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 117.3 × 93.7 cm (46 3/16 × 36 7/8 in.)
Place: Italian
Period: 17th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Black · lightness 25, colourfulness 11

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress 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 1633: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1704. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Saint Sebastian

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