Adam and Eve

Unknown artist · c. 1460

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Biscuit
36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.2:1

Honey
20% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.8:1

Tan
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Sepia
16% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Carmine
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.6:1

Malachite
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.0:1

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. 1460
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, tan, and ochre
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 31

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald 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 1460: 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

Adam and Eve

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