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The Way of Salvation by Unknown artist

The Way of Salvation

Unknown artist · c. 1490

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Palette

Fawn
 42% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Parchment
 35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.5:1
Green earth
 14% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.9:1
Terracotta
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.6:1
Raw umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Brick
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.9:1

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

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1490
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut in brown, hand-colored in green, yellow, red lake, blue, brown, and orange (border)
Size
image: 26.2 x 18 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Period
15th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 24

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

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