Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist · c. 1810

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Palette

Charcoal
58% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.6:1

Pale gold
10% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.9:1

Cinnamon
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Walnut
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.3:1

Amber
7% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.5:1

Mustard
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

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. 1810
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 32.8 x 24.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 30, colourfulness 19

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: Anonymous work, made by 1810: 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

Portrait of a Lady

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