Christ before Herod

Unknown artist · probably 1425/1450

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Tan
38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Cream
35% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1

Pale gold
8% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 10.8:1

Madder
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1

Sage
7% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.0:1

Brick
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.0:1

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: probably 1425/1450
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, yellow, tan, and orange
Period: 15th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 68, 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 1450: 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 before Herod

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