The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene

Unknown artist · c. 1480

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Sand
61% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1

Brick
13% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.8:1

Pumpkin
13% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.6:1

Peacock
5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

Iron
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1

Green earth
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

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. 1480
Type: Print
Medium: woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, blue, green, rose, gold, and orange
Period: 15th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 62, 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 1480: 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 Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene

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