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The Trojans Repairing Their Ships in Sicily by Dosso Dossi

The Trojans Repairing Their Ships in Sicily

Dosso Dossi · c. 1520

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Palette

Umber
 50% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.7:1
Blue-grey
 26% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.7:1
Moss
 11% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.0:1
Slate
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Stone
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Chestnut
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1

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
Dosso Dossi
1492–1542
Date
c. 1520
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
overall: 58.7 × 87.6 cm (23 1/8 × 34 1/2 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
16th century
Themes
Boats and ships
Main colour
Brown · lightness 39, colourfulness 19

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1542: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1613. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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