The Cross

Unknown artist · c. 1500

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Palette

Taupe
35% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1

Iron
22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Pale gold
16% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 11.0:1

Terracotta
12% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.8:1

Coral
12% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.3:1

Ivory
4% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.6:1

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. 1500
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red, pink, and yellow
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 56, 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 1500: 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

The Cross

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