Beheading of Saint Catherine

Unknown artist · 1480/1490

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Biscuit
46% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1

Terracotta
22% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.6:1

Old gold
10% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.8:1

Pewter
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Taupe
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1

Khaki
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1

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: 1480/1490
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in orange, yellow, blue-green, blue, and rose
Period: 15th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 33

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 1490: 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

Beheading of Saint Catherine

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