Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Unknown artist · c. 1470/1475

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Straw
29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1

Graphite
27% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1

Tan
24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Poppy
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

Viridian
7% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.6:1

Pale gold
5% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.4:1

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. 1470/1475
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in black, yellow, green, orange, gold, and red
Period: 15th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 53, 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 1475: 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

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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