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Portrait of a Young Man in Red by Giovanni Bellini

Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Giovanni Bellini · c. 1480

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Palette

Deep teal
 32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1
Brick
 31% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.1:1
Soot
 26% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.3:1
Honey
 6% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.1:1
Caramel
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Green earth
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.5:1

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
Giovanni Bellini
1430–1516
Date
c. 1480
Type
Painting
Medium
oil and tempera on panel
Size
overall: 32 x 26.5 cm (12 5/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
15th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Red · lightness 27, colourfulness 22

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: Artist died 1516: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1587. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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