Portrait of a Male Donor

Petrus Christus · c. 1455

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Palette

Bistre
60% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1

Chestnut
22% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

Bronze
8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.8:1

Carmine
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.8:1

Pale blue-grey
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.1:1

Pale stone
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1

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: Petrus Christus
1424–1475
Date: c. 1455
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on panel
Size: overall: 42 x 21.2 cm (16 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Place: Netherlandish
Period: 15th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 26, colourfulness 19

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 1475: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1546. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of a Male Donor

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