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Saint John the Baptist by Jacopo da Sellaio

Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo da Sellaio · c. 1480

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Palette

Soot
 48% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.3:1
Pewter
 30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Dark olive
 11% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.3:1
Bronze
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Madder
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.4:1
Dusty rose
 1% of the image
Pink · 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

Details

Artist
Jacopo da Sellaio
1441–1493
Date
c. 1480
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on poplar panel
Size
overall: 52 x 32.8 cm (20 1/2 x 12 15/16 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 31, colourfulness 12

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 1493: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1564. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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