Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Unknown artist · 1596/1601

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Palette

Prussian blue
42% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.9:1

Lamp black
20% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.6:1

Lichen
19% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.4:1

Green earth
16% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1

Dark ochre
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Khaki
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

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: 1596/1601
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on wood
Size: overall: 114.7 x 87.7 cm (45 3/16 x 34 1/2 in.)
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Blue · lightness 37, colourfulness 16

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Henry R. Rea. 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 1601: 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

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

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