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Madonna and Child by Pietro Perugino

Madonna and Child

Pietro Perugino · c. 1500

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Palette

Prussian blue
 28% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.3:1
Ash
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Umber
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.3:1
Apricot
 15% of the image
Orange · text contrast 8.0:1
Dark chocolate
 9% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.4:1
Carmine
 7% of the image
Red · text contrast 10.1:1

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
Pietro Perugino
1450–1523
Date
c. 1500
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on poplar panel
Size
overall: 70.2 x 50 cm (27 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
15th century
Themes
Mothers and children · Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Blue · lightness 41, colourfulness 21

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 1523: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1594. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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