Head of a Woman

Unknown artist · c. 1510/1520

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Palette

Midnight
53% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.3:1

Garnet
16% of the image
Red · text contrast 11.1:1

Straw
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1

Walnut
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.8:1

Silver
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1

Viridian
2% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.4:1

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. 1510/1520
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on poplar panel
Size: overall: 39.5 x 28.5 cm (15 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Period: 16th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 22

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Timken 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 1520: 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

Head of a Woman

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