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The Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto

The Nativity

Lorenzo Lotto · 1523

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 55% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1
Raw umber
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Pale stone
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1
Dark ochre
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Rust
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1
Terracotta
 2% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.2:1

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
Lorenzo Lotto
1480–1557
Date
1523
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on panel
Size
overall: 46 x 35.9 cm (18 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Place
Italian
Period
16th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Black · lightness 34, colourfulness 16

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 1557: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1628. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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