Christ Bearing the Cross

Unknown artist · c. 1470/1480

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Tan
47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Biscuit
28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1

Brick
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1

Khaki
6% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1

Pale gold
6% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.2:1

Blue-grey
4% of the image
Teal · 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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1470/1480
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in green, red, yellow, light orange, tan, blue, black and tarnished silver leaf on laid paper
Size: sheet: 8 × 5.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
Period: 15th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 28

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 1480: 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

Christ Bearing the Cross

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