Saint Apollonia

Piero della Francesca · c. 1455/1460

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Palette

Honey
43% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.2:1

Brick
28% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.4:1

Tan
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1

Slate
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.7:1

Dusty rose
8% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1

Umber
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.6:1

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

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Artist: Piero della Francesca
1416–1492
Date: c. 1455/1460
Type: Painting
Medium: tempera on poplar panel
Size: overall: 38.8 × 28 cm (15 1/4 × 11 in.)
Place: Italian
Period: 15th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Yellow · lightness 53, colourfulness 36

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 1492: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1563. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Saint Apollonia

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