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Portrait of a Man by Unknown artist

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist · third quarter 18th century

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Palette

Soot
 65% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.5:1
Dark olive
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 12.6:1
Forest
 8% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.2:1
Old gold
 6% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.1:1
Khaki
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Dark ochre
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

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
Unknown artist
Date
third quarter 18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 65.4 x 91.4 cm (25 3/4 x 36 in.)
Period
18th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 21, colourfulness 11

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 1775: 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

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